Seven Types of Ambiguity - Couverture souple

Perlman, Elliot

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571207227 ISBN 13 : 9780571207220

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2005

Synopsis

A novel of obsessive love in an age of obsessive materialism, Seven Types of Ambiguity is Elliot Perlman's stunning follow-up to his highly acclaimed debut novel Three Dollars. Following years of unrequited love, an out-of-work schoolteacher decides to take matters into his own hands, kidnapping his beloved's young son and triggering a chain of events no one could have anticipated.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Seven Types of Ambiguity is a psychological thriller and a literary adventure of breathtaking scope. Celebrated as a novelist in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Philip Roth, Elliot Perlman writes of impulse and paralysis, empty marriages, lovers, gambling, and the stock market; of adult children and their parents; of poetry and prostitution, psychiatry and the law. Comic, poetic, and full of satiric insight, Seven Types of Ambiguity is, above all, a deeply romantic novel that speaks with unforgettable force about the redemptive power of love.

The story is told in seven parts, by six different narrators, whose lives are entangled in unexpected ways. Following years of unrequited love, an out-of-work schoolteacher decides to take matters into his own hands, triggering a chain of events that neither he nor his psychiatrist could have anticipated. Brimming with emotional, intellectual, and moral dilemmas, this novel-reminiscent of the richest fiction of the nineteenth century in its labyrinthine complexity-unfolds at a rapid-fire pace to reveal the full extent to which these people have been affected by one another and by the insecure and uncertain times in which they live. Our times, now.

 

Revue de presse :

"An exciting gamble of a novel...bustling, kaleidoscopic, Rashomonian.—New York Times Book Review

"A cerebral dazzler of a psychodrama.—Entertainment Weekly

"A searing, serious character study...a love story, domestic drama, and a courtroom thriller.—People

"A psychological thriller that is, in short, dangerous, beguiling fun.—Newsweek

"A colossal achievement, a complicated driven marathon of a book...almost Shakespearean.—Observer [UK]

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0571207227
• ISBN 13: 9780571207220
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 624