Under the Frog - Couverture souple

Fischer, Tibor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 014023196X ISBN 13 : 9780140231960

Editeur : Penguin, 1993

Synopsis

Set in post-war Hungary between 1944 and 1956, the story follows the lives of two young men and in particular their careers in a travelling basketball team. They spend most of their time in the avoidance of work and army service and in the pursuit of sex. Won the 1992 Betty Trask Award.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"I began Under the Frog on a crowded double decker in a London traffic jam...and soon found myself laughing like an idiot... It is a triumph...painfully moving, it is also uproariously funny" (Guardian)

"A remarkable first novel" (Daily Telegraph)

"Original and impressive... Sharp, funny and moving" (Independent)

"A quite wonderful book... He takes a serious subject....and is seriously funny about it...the result is plausible, insolent, sophisticated and hungry... Glorious!" (Michael Hoffman)

"A funny, slangy, tragic, impeccably researched romp... A richly convincing line-up of skivers, copulators, opportunists and, above all, survivors in the face of oppression" (Independent on Sunday)

Biographie de l'auteur

Tibor Fischer was born in Stockport in 1959. Brought up in London, where he now lives, he was educated at Cambridge and worked as a journalist. He has won the Betty Trask Award, been short-listed for the Booker, and been nominated one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists. Since Under the Frog, his debut, he has published four novels and two collections of short stories, including Don't Read This Book If You're Stupid.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 014023196X
• ISBN 13: 9780140231960
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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