Produkt
KlappentextA teenage girl lies on the floor of her dorm room and tells her friends about the businessman who gave her his hotel number on a 500 franc note. An ageing professor, brought back to life, flees with his newborn grandchild to the rooftop. Two sisters return home for their parents' divorce ceremony to find their home town on fire. As the government issues warnings about toxic gas in the atmosphere, a woman cries over a game of Scrabble in her sealed-up home.
Unfurling their bright petals with elegance, humanity and mystery, Nicole Krauss's blazingly brilliant stories explore death, violence and desire with absolute mastery.
Unfurling their bright petals with elegance, humanity and mystery, Nicole Krauss's blazingly brilliant stories explore death, violence and desire with absolute mastery.
ZusammenfassungA mesmerising short story collection from the bestselling, Orange Prize-shortlisted, National Book Award-nominated author of The History of Love. Beautiful, taut and dark, this is an unforgettable collection about men and women and the gulfs that lie between them; and delves, with originality and timeliness, into questions of masculinity and violence, regret and regeneration, control and desire.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-4088-7183-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2020
Erscheinungsdatum03.11.2020
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht324 g
Artikel-Nr.55314205
Rubriken
GenreRomane Hardcover