Talking it over - Couverture souple

Barnes, Julian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 033032098X ISBN 13 : 9780330320986

Editeur : Picador, 1992

Synopsis

This account of love's vicissitudes begins as a comedy of misunderstanding, then slowly darkens and deepens, drawing the reader into the quagmires of the heart. The author also wrote "Metroland", "Before She Met Me", "Flaubert's Parrot" and "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

From the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction comes a novel of profound insight and comic flare.

Shy, sensible banker Stuart has trouble with women; that is, until a fortuitous singles night, where he meets Gillian, a picture restorer recovering from a destructive affair. Stuart's best friend Oliver is his complete opposite - a language teacher who 'talks like a dictionary', brash and feckless. Soon Stuart and Gillian are married, but it is not long before a tentative friendship between the three evolves into something far different.

Talking it Over is a brilliant and intimate account of love's vicissitudes. It begins as a comedy of errors, then slowly darkens and deepens, drawing us compellingly into the quagmires of the heart.

Revue de presse

"Few writers think and talk so beguilingly. This book is wonderfully funny. And intelligent. And moving" (Independent on Sunday)

"Quicksilver clever and allusive" (The Times)

"Scintillating... It's funny, quick on the draw, and knows when to soften the gaze. It reads so smoothly, the pages seem to flip themselves" (Observer)

"A writer of rare intelligence. He catches the detail of contemporary life with an uncanny forensic skill... He is, as always, a superb ironist, a connoisseur of middling, muddling, modern England" (London Review of Books)

"A wonderfully wistful and funny novel" (Daily Telegraph)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 033032098X
• ISBN 13: 9780330320986
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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