Dear George and Other Stories - Couverture rigide

Simpson, Helen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0434000442 ISBN 13 : 9780434000449

Editeur : William Heinemann Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

This second collection of stories by the author of "Four Bare Legs in a Bed", recently nominated as one of Granta magazine's best young British novelists, continues to explore ideas of independence, solitude, marriage, sex and babies with a characteristic blend of humour, savagery and lyricism.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In her third collection of short stories, Helen Simpson continues to explore ideas of independence, solitude, marriage, sex and babies with her characteristic blend of comedy and lyricism. Here are tales of young love - successful or thwarted, intense or comic.

From a wedding day for one, through the knotty problems of babies, their conception, arrival and impact on adult lives, to a Lothario receiving his just deserts, and the title story, where a schoolgirl's erotic daydreams during Shakespeare homework produce eventual blushes of horror.

Biographie de l'auteur

Helen Simpson's sixth short-story collection, Cockfosters, follows Four Bare Legs in a Bed (1990), Dear George (1995), Hey Yeah Right Get a Life (2000), Constitutional (2005) and In-Flight Entertainment (2010). A Bunch of Fives: Selected Stories (2012) includes five stories from each of her first five collections. She has received the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. She lives in London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William Heinemann Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0434000442
• ISBN 13: 9780434000449
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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