The Great Perhaps - Brossura

Meno, Joe

Brossura

ISBN 10: 033051248X ISBN 13: 9780330512480

Casa editrice: Picador, 2011

Riassunto

Meet the Caspers . . . Jonathan is a palaeontologist, searching in vain for a prehistoric squid. His wife, Madeline, an animal behaviourist, cannot explain why the pigeons she is studying are becoming increasingly aggressive. Their older daughter Amelia is a fervent anti-capitalist and disappointed teenage revolutionary, while their younger, Thisbe, has become a devout Christian. Meanwhile, the girls' grandfather, Henry, is slowly absenting himself from life. Before he can absent himself altogether, however, Jonathan and Madeline decide to separate - and, suddenly, each family member has to confront their fears about the world in which they live. 'The wisest, most humane and transcendental novel on the contemporary family since The Corrections' Irvine Welsh 'The flat, uninfected language, interspersed with sudden absurdist flights of fancy, is reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut; the comic-book influence contains traces of Jonathan Lethem; while the forensic examination of familial dysfunction should satisfy Franzen fans' Guardian 'A big, generous-hearted American family novel . . . Meno's characters bristle with humanity, and I think this book will find a huge audience for its wisdom and life-affirming, but unsentimental, qualities' Daily Telegraph

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro

Where do you look for answers in an uncertain world?

L'autore

Joe Meno is the author of four previous novels, and his short fiction has been published by the likes of McSweeney's, Witness and TriQuarterly. He is a professor of creative writing at Columbia College Chicago.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 033051248X
• ISBN 13: 9780330512480
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416