Apocalypse for Beginners - Couverture souple

Dickner, Nicolas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1846272599 ISBN 13 : 9781846272592

Editeur : Portobello Books Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Micky is your average teenage boy, until he meets 17 year old Hope Randall. Living in what was once an exotic pet shop with a bathtub for a bed, Hope is anything but average. For each member of her family, the onset of puberty has brought with it a prophetic vision of the end of the world, which invariably tips the expectant prophet over the edge when the armageddon fails to materialise. So far, Hope has not yet started her period or received her revelation. Instead, she picks a date at random, has it 'confirmed' by the best-before date on a batch of ramen noodles, and begins to wait for the worst. In the meantime, Micky is falling helplessly in love. But will he risk losing his soulmate if he confesses how he feels? And what kind of future can you have with someone who believes that doomsday looms? Moving between Canada and Japan, between solid ground and flights of the surreal, Apocalypse for Beginners is the lovely, surprising story of two people travelling from friendship to romance, and from separation to the possibility of reunion.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Born in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, Nicolas Dickner won two literary awards for his first published work, the short story collection L'encyclopedie du petit cercle. His debut novel, Nikolski (Portobello, 2009) scooped almost every major literary award in Quebec, as well as the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Portobello Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1846272599
• ISBN 13: 9781846272592
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
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• Personne responsable: non disponible