Love, etc - Rilegato

Barnes, Julian

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ISBN 10: 0679310835 ISBN 13: 9780679310839

Casa editrice: Random House Canada, 2000

Riassunto

In Talking It Over, stolid and conventional Stuart was best friends with charming and glamorous Oliver. Veering wildly between them was Gillian, the enigmatic beauty who married Stuart and then promptly fell in love with Oliver. In Love, etc Barnes returns to the lives of these unreliable "eyewitnesses." And as in Talking It Over, he allows each character to talk directly to the reader, offering arguments for their version of the truth.

Ten years later, Gillian and Oliver are married with two children. Gillian is successful (she runs a thriving art restoration business); Oliver is not. The family lives in a ramshackle neighbourhood of London. Stuart, recently returned from the US, is wealthy, divorced (again) and the successful owner of a chain of organic grocery stores. On the surface he appears to have only a benign interest in the fate of Oliver and Gillian. But it becomes all too clear that while marriages may dissolve, memories of betrayal do not.

Love, etc is a compelling exploration of a contemporary romantic triangle, depicted with Barnes's inimitable intelligence.

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Recensione:

"Barnes is a master of the epigramatic style, along with the entertaining digression--..if you admire writing at its clever, elegant and epigrammatic best, Barnes will not disappoint." - The Gazette

L'autore:

Julian Barnes is the author of eight novels, including A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters and England, England, which was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize. He is also the author of a short-story collection, Cross Channel. Barnes lives in London, England.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Random House Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0679310835
• ISBN 13: 9780679310839
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256