Disobedience: From the author of The Power, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017 - Couverture souple

Alderman, Naomi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141025956 ISBN 13 : 9780141025957

Editeur : Penguin, 2007

Synopsis

RO60142177. DISOBEDIENCE. 2007. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 277 pages. Dos insolé.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Granta Best Young British Novelist Naomi Alderman's Disobedience is an insightful and witty novel on the search for love, tolerance and faith.By the age of 32, Ronit has left London and transformed her life. She has become a cigarette-smoking, wise-cracking, New York career woman, who is in love with a married man.But when Ronit's father dies she is called back into the very different world of her childhood, a world she thought she had left far behind. The orthodox Jewish suburb of Hendon, north London is outraged by Ronit and her provocative ways. But Ronit is shocked too by the confrontation with her past. And when she meets up with her childhood girlfriend Esti, she is forced to think again about what she has left behind.'Rich, fresh, fascinating. A wonderful novel' Sunday Times 'Funny, tender and insightful' Maureen Lipman, GuardianNaomi Alderman grew up in the Orthodox Jewish community in northwest London. Her first novel, Disobedience, was published in 10 languages and won the Orange Award for New Writers and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year prize. Like her second novel, The Lessons, it was broadcast as Radio 4's Book at Bedtime. She is a frequent radio broadcaster and she is a regular contributor to several publications including the Guardian and Prospect. She lives in London.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Naomi Alderman was born in 1974 and was brought up in the Orthodox Jewish community in Hendon, London, where she now lives. She is a graduate of the University of East Anglia creative writing course and has published award-winning short fiction in a number of anthologies. This is her first novel.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0141025956
• ISBN 13: 9780141025957
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288