England, England - Brossura

Barnes, Julian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0679309977 ISBN 13: 9780679309970

Casa editrice: Vintage Canada, 1999

Riassunto

Flamboyant tycoon Sir Jack Pitman has an idea. Since most tourists are too lazy and unlettered to travel from landmark to landmark, why not simplify things and shrink all of England to the size of a theme park?

Unfortunately, Pitman turns out to be right. Located on the Isle of Wight, his reconstituted "England, England" is everything you imagined the original to be, but cleaner, friendlier, and more efficient. That is, until the King (the real King, on contract to Sir Jack, living with the rest of the Royal Family in a scaled-down version of Buckingham Palace) is suspected of sexual harassment, a smuggling ring begins to wreak havoc with the island economy, and Robin Hood and his Merrie Men decide to unionize.

In true Barnes style, England, England is a savage but outrageously funny examination of the search for authenticity and truth in a fabricated world.

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Recensione:

"A ferociously funny send-up of England's chattering classes... England, England not only skewers contemporary Englishness, but reminds us that the novel of ideas still possesses the power to dazzle, provoke, and amuse." -- The Globe and Mail

"Reading this book is like walking through a hall of mirrors -- playfully poised on the one hand, a grotesque myriad of illusions on the other." -- The London Express (U.K.)

"Dazzling -- a novel with mighty themes and a complex structure. This is vintage Barnes." -- The Toronto Star

L'autore:

Julian Barnes is the author of seven other novels, including Flaubert's Parrot, A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters and The Porcupine, and a collection of stories, Cross Channel. He lives in London, England.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Vintage Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0679309977
• ISBN 13: 9780679309970
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288