Talking About It - Couverture souple

Parks, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184391803X ISBN 13 : 9781843918035

Editeur : Hesperus Press Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Collected here for the first time are the best stories from Tim Park's shorter fiction, spanning across his entire literary career and enriched by new stories written specifically for this publication. The title story of the collection, 'Talking About It', presents two friends, George and Michael, meeting ritually in a pub every night after a game of squash. While George recounts his increasingly extravagant sexual experiences, Michael listens on, meditating on how to redeem his boring and somewhat uneventful life. But then one day the tables turn, and Michael finds a way to outfox his friend and transfix his attention with a very interesting story. Whether describing the simmering warfare in an Italian condominium, the problems and pleasures of adultery, or the trappings of the generation game, these stories reveal Tim Park's deeply felt preoccupations with the inner workings of the human psyche and the dynamics of human relations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Novelist and translator Tim Parks is well known for his writing on contemporary Italian life. His novel Europa was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1997.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hesperus Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184391803X
• ISBN 13: 9781843918035
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible