The Picturegoers - Couverture souple

Lodge, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140174214 ISBN 13 : 9780140174212

Editeur : Penguin, 1993

Synopsis

The Palladium, Brickley, is the haunting setting for this novel. Here is a seedy Saturday night venue which attracts people searching for something new in their lives. Mark, Clare and Father Kipling are just three of the characters featured.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Welcome to the Palladium, Brickley. Once the grandest music-hall south of the river, now its peeling foyer is home to stale popcorn, a depressed manager, and a cast of disparate picturegoers who touch and shape each other’s destinies.

Amongst them is Mark, the cynical intellectual who seeks sensuality and finds spirituality; Clare, his girlfriend, who loses faith and discovers passion; Father Kipling, the scandalized priest; and Harry, the sexually frustrated Teddy boy.

In his astutely observed first novel, David Lodge ushers in a congregation of characters whose hopes, confusions and foibles play out alongside the celluloid fantasies of the silver screen.

Biographie de l'auteur

David Lodge (CBE)’s novels include Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work (shortlisted for the Booker) and, most recently, A Man of Parts. He has also written plays and screenplays, and several books of literary criticism. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages.

He is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Birmingham, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140174214
• ISBN 13: 9780140174212
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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