The Unnumbered - Couverture rigide

North, Sam

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0743248511 ISBN 13 : 9780743248518

Editeur : Scribner, 2004

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'Writing that's done with an eye for the marginal, landscape as well as people...He has an arresting sense of place, a good anthropologist's eye; and he can convey sentiment without being sentimental. I found it involving and very real and moving' HILARY MANTEL
'IIlegal immigration has long awaited its Flaubert; the novelist talented enough to raise the commonplace hopes, fears and desires of displaced humanity into an epiphany. Sam North is that writer...THE UNNUMBERED is a breath of fresh air; a rich, complex novel that should be read immediately by everyone who believes in the transporting power of fiction'
THE ECONOMIST
“This odd, hypnotic book about London’s “unnumbered” underclass has several real claims to the reader’s attention. First, it has one of the creepiest and most loathsome villains I have come across in years, Lucas Tooth. Secondly, it has one of the most attractive heroes, Nio Niopoulos, who manifests a completely believable and un-irritating, kind of goodness. Not many authors can inhabit both extremes of the psychological spectrum with equal confidence...North is a genuinely original writer, and the commemoration of the unnumbered will be hard to forget” INDEPENDENT
“North has effectively constructed a moving, humanist tale. This novel genuinely touches and comes highly recommended” BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH
'Dilligently imagined and perceptive...a suitably unsentimental portrayal of life at the metropolitan margins that still manages to incorporate tenderness and a touching faith in the transforming power of emotional connection' TLS
'A finely woven narrative...North's prose is simple and observational, and his narrative wafts by gently, like a discarded sweet wrapper floating in the warm backdraft of a passing tube train. He is good on the way his characters constantly misinterpret each other's emotional motives, how they delude themselves and lie to each other, adrift in a world they can't really comprehend and manipulated by forces - human and economic - that they can't control...The Unnumbered manages to humanise a hidden world' Guardian 26/6
'My ultimate recommendation...this moving, humanist tale commemorates the invisible social group that keeps a familiar contemporary London going for the visible accepted...A rich and complex work which may not make for the most comfortable reading but it is highly rewarding for those who can bear the journey' IRISH INDEPENDENT, Books of the Year
'A well-told romance, with a menacing edge, a pacy plot adn a patina of social realism' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 22/5
'Hypnotic' OBSERVER, Paperback of the Week 22/5
'Despite its setting among London's illegal immigrant community, North's sixth novel is at heart a conventional love story' THE TIMES 4/6
* Praise for Sam North's THE GIFTING PROGRAMME: 'North's tale of greed, pain and isolation is a detailed, precise shattering of the American dream' SUNDAY TIMES
'A buoyant, intelligent work, beautifully wrought, and sparkling with stylistic panache...it won't be long before North is up there with the big boys' NEW STATESMAN
'Abounds in neat human touches' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 19/6
'A vivid and compassionate novel' DAILY TELEGRAPH 18/6

Quatrième de couverture :

Nio and Mila are in love. They should be like any other couple, planning a future, their first flat, careers, a family. Nio, is a 23 year old Greek. He's built a shack in St Pancras Cemetery. Mila lives with her Romanian parents in three caravans parked off the North Circular.
For they're not like most couples. They're part of the Unnumbered; illegal immigrants. With no driving licence, no social security, no identity, they are almost invisible, yet the streets are swirling with them. There's Nio's friend Charmer, an aimless scrounger, there's Mila's thief of a little brother and Anjali, the bright student with a promising future, driven to destruction. Casting a shadow over all of them, taking pleasure from their pain, looms Lucas Tooth. English, smart, and evil.
Nio and Mila are in love. The city has brought them together and the city could tear them apart. But love has a way of fighting back.
'Illegal immigration has long awaited its Flaubert; the novelist talented enough to raise the commonplace hopes, fears and desires of displaced humanity into an epiphany. San North is that writer. …The Unnumbered is a breath of fresh air: a rich complex novel that should be read immediately by everyone who believes in the transporting power of fiction' Economist

'Hypnotic - it has one of the most loathsome villains I have come across in years, and one of the most attractive heroes…North is a genuinely original writer and his commemoration of the unnumbered will be hard to forget'
Maggie Gee, Independent
'A paean to London, to its diversity, its capacity to hold all sorts…Sometimes shocking, often immensely moving, The Unnumbered exposes areas of the capital that are rarely seen' Zembla

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Scribner
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0743248511
• ISBN 13: 9780743248518
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 368