England and Other Stories - Couverture souple

Swift, Graham

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1471137414 ISBN 13 : 9781471137419

Editeur : Scribner, 2015

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'England writ large. Swift's England is one pulstaing with its past . . . his protagnoists the everymen and women who make up this country' Observer
Meet Dr Shah, who has never been to India, and Mrs Kaminski, on her way to Poland via A&E. Meet Holly and Polly, who have come to their own Anglo-Irish understanding; Charlie and Don, who have seen the docks turn into Docklands; Daisy Baker, terrified of Yorkshire; and Johnny Dewhurst, stranded on Exmoor.
Binding these stories together is Graham Swift's affectionate but unflinching instinct for the story of us all: an evocation of that mysterious body that is a nation, deepened by the palpable sense of our individual bodies finding or losing their way in the nationless territory of birth, ageing, sex and death.
'Graham Swift is a master of the short story, and this collection is full of gems' Allan Massie
'Powerful . . . Swift's forte lies in perceiving and honouring what is out of the ordinary in ordinary-looking lives' Sunday Times
'Beautifully realised . . . an intimate, quirky and affectionate tour of Everyman's England' The Times

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A collection of new stories from the Booker-prize winning author of Last Orders and Waterland; 'a powerful statement about English ways of life and death' Independent on Sunday
Meet Dr Shah, who has never been to India, and Mrs Kaminski, on her way to Poland via A&E. Meet Holly and Polly, who have come to their own Anglo-Irish understanding; Charlie and Don, who have seen the docks turn into Docklands; Daisy Baker, terrified of Yorkshire; and Johnny Dewhurst, stranded on Exmoor.
Binding these stories together is Graham Swift's affectionate but unflinching instinct for the story of us all: an evocation of that mysterious body that is a nation, deepened by the palpable sense of our individual bodies finding or losing their way in the nationless territory of birth, ageing, sex and death.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Scribner
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1471137414
• ISBN 13: 9781471137419
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288