As She Climbed Across the Table - Couverture souple

Lethem, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571205895 ISBN 13 : 9780571205899

Editeur : Faber and Faber, 2001

Synopsis

What if your lover left you for, well, nothing? Literally Nothing. Consider the fate of Professor Philip Engstrand: the principal object of his attention, particle physicist Alice Coombs, stands with her colleagues on the cusp of a momentous discovery. They have created a void, a hole in the universe, a true nothingness that they have named 'Lack'. Lack, however, is no ordinary black hole, but a void that displays the contours of a personality - a void that, as Philip begins to realize, utterly obsesses his beloved. In other words, Alice has fallen out of love with Philip and into love with Lack. As She Climbed Across the Table is the daring and delightful tale of Alice's modern-day journey through the looking glass, and of Philip's struggle to win her back from that most elusive of romantic rivals: a lover without flaws - without, indeed, any qualities whatsoever . . .

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jonathan Lethem was born in New York and attended Bennington College. He is the author of seven novels including Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, which was named Novel of the Year by Esquire and won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Salon Book Award, as well as the Macallan Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger. He has also written two short story collections, a novella and a collection of essays, edited The Vintage Book of Amnesia, guest-edited The Year's Best Music Writing 2002, and was the founding fiction editor of Fence magazine. His writings have appeared in the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, McSweeney's and many other periodicals. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Particle physicist Alice Coombs and her colleagues are on the cusp of a great discovery. They have created a void, a hole in the universe, a nothingness they have named "Lack". Philip Engstrand loves Alice Coombs. The trouble is that Lack is about to come between them.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber and Faber
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571205895
• ISBN 13: 9780571205899
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible