Afterlife - Couverture rigide

O'Brien, Sean

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0330455664 ISBN 13 : 9780330455664

Editeur : Picador, 2009

Synopsis

Martin and Alex meet at university and - although Martin can never quite work out why - become friends. When they finish their undergraduate studies, and with the summer ahead of them before they have to think about the future, they and their respective girlfriends - Susie and Jane - rent a house in the middle of nowhere. While Jane writes and Susie finds a job at the local art college, the two boys spend their days doing little other than sleeping, drinking, smoking and trying to keep cool in scorching temperatures. As the heat builds, however so does the tension between the four; then, when a glamorous, hedonistic American student arrives in their midst, events and emotions escalate still further. A novel about power, rivalry, jealousy and - in the end - murder, "Afterlife" is a gripping exploration of how some outcomes are decided long before we're even aware of the options. 'Compelling and hypnotic' - Helen Dunmore. 'A convincing, darkly comic and painful take on the astonishingly poisonous world of poetry and literary aspiration' - Andrew Greig.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sean O’Brien’s poetry has received numerous awards, including the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize (three times), the E.M Forster Award and the Roehampton Poetry Prize. His work has been published in several languages. He is also a novelist, critic, editor, translator, playwright and broadcaster. Born in London, he grew up in Hull. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330455664
• ISBN 13: 9780330455664
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible