Mortimer of the Maghreb: Stories - Brossura

Shukman, Henry

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1400078512 ISBN 13: 9781400078516

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2007

Riassunto

A debut anthology of short stories and novellas from an award-winning poet features a group of tales, including the title story, centered on the career of journalist Charles Mortimer, as well as a second cycle of works set in the Caribbean. Reprint.

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Recensione:

“Immensely entertaining.”—The New York Times Book Review“Fearless, brilliantly realized. . . . Henry Shukman is a gifted writer.” —The Los Angeles Times“A comic gem. . . . The tropical setting, simultaneously gorgeous and debilitating, is expertly evoked.”—The Independent“Shukman’s writing is what marks him out. He’s superb, like Conrad on speed.” —Giles Foden, author of The Last King of Scotland

L'autore:

Henry Shukman has worked as a trombonist, a trawlerman and a travel writer. His fiction has won an Arts Council Award and has been a finalist for the O. Henry Award. His first poetry collection, In Dr. No’s Garden, won the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and was a Book of the Year in The Times (London) and The Guardian. He lives in New Mexico.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1400078512
• ISBN 13: 9781400078516
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480