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Amis, Kingsley

 
9780141194233: Ending Up
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0141194235 ISBN 13 : 9780141194233
Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2011

Synopsis

At Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage in the English countryside, five elderly people live together in rancorous disharmony. Adela Bastable bosses the house, as her brother Bernard passes his days thinking up malicious schemes against the baby-talking Marigold and secret drinker Shorty, while kindly George lies bedridden upstairs. The mismatched quintet keep their spirits alive by bickering and waiting for grandchildren to visit at Christmas. But the festive season does not herald goodwill to all at Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage. Disaster and chaos, it seems, are just around the corner ...

Told with Amis's piercing wit and humanity, Ending Up (1974) is a wickedly funny black comedy of the indignities of old age.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kingsley Amis's (1922-1995) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of the Second World War. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment in novels such as That Uncertain Feeling (1955). His other works include The Green Man (1970), Stanley and the Women (1984), and The Old Devils (1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism and short stories. He received a knighthood in 1990.

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Éditeur
Penguin Classics
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0141194235
ISBN 13 
9780141194233
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
Coordonnées du fabricant
Penguin
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