Shifts - Couverture souple

Thorpe, Adam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099284316 ISBN 13 : 9780099284314

Editeur : Vintage, 2001

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In his first collection of short stories, Adam Thorpe, acclaimed poet and novelist, explores the lives of his characters through the work they do: the jobs that empower or enslave, define or destroy them. Whether it is a dustman or a craftsman, on an English production line or deep in the forests of Africa, work is seen as a means of social classification, an engine of prejudice or compassion or as an arena where bullying and subservience have some kind of legitimacy. Do we choose the job or does the job choose us, Adam Thorpe asks: does the job become us or do we become the job? Using the framework of occupation, its mundane tedium, its strictures and releases, we are shown the unquenchable vitality of the human spirit: its continual capacity for a life beyond. Told with vivid energy and a poet's delight in language, Shifts confirms Adam Thorpe as one of the most talented writers of his generation.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992, and he has published two books of stories, six poetry collections, and nine further novels, most recently Flight (2012).
www.adamthorpe.net

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0099284316
• ISBN 13: 9780099284314
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256