Giraffe: A Novel - Couverture rigide

Ledgard, J. M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1594200998 ISBN 13 : 9781594200991

Editeur : Penguin Press, 2006

Synopsis

Book by Ledgard J M

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Giraffe is rich, difficult to describe...blade-sharp imagery...Giraffe is important as a work of art. It will probably change your life and if it does it will be for the better" (Todd McEwan Scottish Review of Books)

"Giraffe is a work of obvious passion and great skill" (Alex Gibbons New Statesman)

"An outstanding debut, sparking with ideas and poetic qualities" (Sam Phipps Saturday Herald)

"[P]oetic, multilayered prose...the strangeness of the giraffes' short-lived "migration'' to Czechoslovakia, Ledgard has found an effective symbol for what he calls "the brief communist moment''" (Elena Seymenliyska Daily Telegraph)

"There's plenty to like in Legard's novel: not least the wondrous, and gentle, giraffes" (James Flint Guardian)

Présentation de l'éditeur

In April 1975, forty-seven giraffes were executed in a zoo in a small Czechoslovakian town. There are no records of the event. This strange and beautiful novel tells their story from the moment of their capture in Africa, to the night when they are secretly shot one by one.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1594200998
• ISBN 13: 9781594200991
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible