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Editore: Vintage Publishing Dez 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 009959742XISBN 13: 9780099597421
Da: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -WINNER OF THE 2014 GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD'One of the best books of the past decade. The characters are edgy, often violent, locked into a world described in ways that are both harsh and tender. . . Adds a sense of myth, even a spiritual aura, to the narrative that lifts the meanness of the circumstances into some other realm' Colm Tóibín, Washington Post \*Winner of the 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award\*Winner of the 2014 Rooney Prize for Irish LiteratureThis magnificent collection takes us to Glanbeigh, a small town in rural Ireland - a town in which the youth have the run of the place. Boy racers speed down the back lanes; couples haunt the midnight woods; young skins huddle in the cold once The Peacock has closed its doors. Here the young live hard and wear the scars. It matters whose sister you were seen with. If you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, it matters a very great deal.Colin Barrett's debut does not take us to Glanbeigh alone; there are other towns, and older characters. But each story is defined by a youth lived in a crucible of menace and desire - and each crackles with the uniform energy and force that distinguish this terrific collection. 192 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Vintage Publishing Dez 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 009959742XISBN 13: 9780099597421
Da: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
Libro
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -WINNER OF THE 2014 GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD'One of the best books of the past decade. The characters are edgy, often violent, locked into a world described in ways that are both harsh and tender. . . Adds a sense of myth, even a spiritual aura, to the narrative that lifts the meanness of the circumstances into some other realm' Colm Tóibín, Washington Post \*Winner of the 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award\*Winner of the 2014 Rooney Prize for Irish LiteratureThis magnificent collection takes us to Glanbeigh, a small town in rural Ireland - a town in which the youth have the run of the place. Boy racers speed down the back lanes; couples haunt the midnight woods; young skins huddle in the cold once The Peacock has closed its doors. Here the young live hard and wear the scars. It matters whose sister you were seen with. If you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, it matters a very great deal.Colin Barrett's debut does not take us to Glanbeigh alone; there are other towns, and older characters. But each story is defined by a youth lived in a crucible of menace and desire - and each crackles with the uniform energy and force that distinguish this terrific collection. 192 pp. Deutsch.
Editore: Vintage Publishing Dez 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 009959742XISBN 13: 9780099597421
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
Libro
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE 2014 GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD'One of the best books of the past decade. The characters are edgy, often violent, locked into a world described in ways that are both harsh and tender. . . Adds a sense of myth, even a spiritual aura, to the narrative that lifts the meanness of the circumstances into some other realm' Colm Tóibín, Washington Post \*Winner of the 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award\*Winner of the 2014 Rooney Prize for Irish LiteratureThis magnificent collection takes us to Glanbeigh, a small town in rural Ireland - a town in which the youth have the run of the place. Boy racers speed down the back lanes; couples haunt the midnight woods; young skins huddle in the cold once The Peacock has closed its doors. Here the young live hard and wear the scars. It matters whose sister you were seen with. If you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, it matters a very great deal.Colin Barrett's debut does not take us to Glanbeigh alone; there are other towns, and older characters. But each story is defined by a youth lived in a crucible of menace and desire - and each crackles with the uniform energy and force that distinguish this terrific collection. 192 pp. Deutsch.
Editore: Vintage Publishing Dez 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846559219ISBN 13: 9781846559211
Da: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
Libro
Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is sure to delight Murakami fans. 'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'. On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake. Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned with only a sheep man, who makes excellent donuts, and a girl, who can talk with her hands, for company. His mother will be worrying why he hasn't returned in time for dinner and the old man seems to have an appetite for eating small boy's brains. How will he escape 'The best novelist on the planet' Observer 88 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Vintage Publishing Dez 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846559219ISBN 13: 9781846559211
Da: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
Libro
Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is sure to delight Murakami fans. 'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'. On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake. Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned with only a sheep man, who makes excellent donuts, and a girl, who can talk with her hands, for company. His mother will be worrying why he hasn't returned in time for dinner and the old man seems to have an appetite for eating small boy's brains. How will he escape 'The best novelist on the planet' Observer 88 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Vintage Publishing Dez 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846559219ISBN 13: 9781846559211
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Libro
Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is sure to delight Murakami fans. 'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'. On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake. Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned with only a sheep man, who makes excellent donuts, and a girl, who can talk with her hands, for company. His mother will be worrying why he hasn't returned in time for dinner and the old man seems to have an appetite for eating small boy's brains. How will he escape 'The best novelist on the planet' Observer.
Editore: Vintage Publishing Dez 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846558999ISBN 13: 9781846558993
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Libro
Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An enlightening anthology of George Orwell's journalism and non-fiction writing, showing his genius across a wide variety of genres. He brings together in one volume many of his articles and essays for journals and newspapers, his broadcasts for the BBC, and his book, theatre and film reviews.