Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?: 'So marvellous that it often stops one in one's tracks.' OBSERVER - Couverture souple

Moore, Lorrie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571268552 ISBN 13 : 9780571268559

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2010

Synopsis

'She writes with such panache, such extraordinary perception and wit.' Elizabeth Day
'A forensically brave writer, with a semantic virtuosity rarely equalled.' Telegraph
'Unmissable.' Marie Claire
'Hilarious and distressing, entertaining and wise.' Roddy Doyle

A brilliantly funny and sharply observant novel from one of the most acclaimed American writers of her generation.

This novel follows the lives of two 11-year-olds intent on escaping childhood. As the strength of their friendship is tested repeatedly, they begin to take their first, exhilarating steps towards adulthood.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lorrie Moore is the award-winning author of five story collections, four novels, a collection of criticism and a children's book. A Gate at the Stairs was shortlisted for the 2010 Orange Prize, now the Women's Prize, and she has received numerous accolades from the Lannan Foundation, the National Books Critics Circle, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. After serving for almost three decades as the Delmore Schwartz Professor in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Moore is now the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571268552
• ISBN 13: 9780571268559
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
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