Phone
Autor Will Selfen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2018
For the four characters at the heart of Will Self's brilliantly acute novel of our times the five hundred-quid worry bead in their pocket may be both a blessing and a curse. For elderly Dr Zachary Busner it is a mysterious object -'NO CALLER ID - How should this be interpreted? Is it that the caller is devoid of an identity due to some psychological or physical trauma?'- but also it's his life line to his autistic grandson Ben, whose own connection with technology is, in turn, a vital one.
For Jonathan De'Ath , aka 'the Butcher', MI6 agent, the phone may reveal his best kept secret of all:that Colonel Gawain Thomas, husband, father, and highly-trained tank commander - is Jonathan 's long time lover.
And when technology, love and violence finally converge in the wreckage of postwar Iraq, the Colonel and the Spy's dalliance will determine the destiny of nations.
Uniting our most urgent contemporary concerns: from the ubiquitous mobile phone to a family in chaos; from the horror of modern war, to the end of privacy,Phoneis Will Self's most important and compelling novel to date.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141046396
ISBN-10: 0141046392
Pagini: 624
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141046392
Pagini: 624
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Will
Selfis
the
author
of
many
novels
and
books
of
non-fiction,
includingGreat
Apes,The
Book
of
Dave,How
the
Dead
Live,
which
was
shortlisted
for
the
Whitbread
Novel
of
the
Year
2002,The
Butt,
winner
of
the
Bollinger
Everyman
Wodehouse
Prize
for
Comic
Fiction
2008,Umbrella,
which
was
shortlisted
for
the
Booker
Prize
2012,
andShark.
His
most
recent
novel,Phone,
was
shortlisted
for
the
Goldsmiths
Prize.
He
lives
in
south
London.
Recenzii
A
triumph
...Phoneis
the
final
instalment
inone
of
the
most
ambitious
and
important
literary
projects
of
the
21st
century...
It'll
take
you
a
couple
of
weeks
to
read
all
three
novels
properly.
ButI
can't
think
of
a
better
way
to
spend
your
time.Self's
message
is
a
perennially
important
one,
brilliantly
expressed:
only
connect
Brilliant...a kind of epic anti-tweet... what better riposte to a culture that thinks in fewer than 140 characters?
This trilogy will be seen in years to come asone of the most significant literary works of our century,books that reflect and refract the hideousness of our times ... over and above the intellectual sprezzatura of the work, there is, at its heart, an emotional core, a profound sense of grief
A series of fast-paced, laugh-out-loud witty, disgusting and frequently well-observed scenes.He has a sharp ear for dialogue, and woven in and out of the surreal narrative are some of the wisest reflections on the folly of war (in this case the Gulf War) that you are likely to read outside the pages of Tolstoy
Addictive and compelling. Not to be missed
There are marvels in store... Self is profoundly interested in psychosis, paranoia, altered mental states, drug dependency , repetition compulsion and how our minds process time and memory
Teems with brilliance and originality
A stunner
Self has achieved the status of a true classic.He writes books that no one else could possibly write and which everyone admires ... he is in danger of becoming a national treasure... Self's books are radically funny raucous romps, understandable and enjoyable by just about anyone and everyone
Self is the most daring and delightful novelist of his generation
[A] hurricane of eloquence blows in terrific passages of satire, comedy, even suspense - not to mention Self's pitch-perfect ear for the jargons and lingoes of modernity
A brain-blitzing riff on war, technology and consciousness... thrilling - who else is writing with this much freedom and verve right now?
A tale of the insights of the limitations of technology, the insights of schizophrenia, the abuses of modern warfare, and of a clandestine love affair
Brilliant...a kind of epic anti-tweet... what better riposte to a culture that thinks in fewer than 140 characters?
This trilogy will be seen in years to come asone of the most significant literary works of our century,books that reflect and refract the hideousness of our times ... over and above the intellectual sprezzatura of the work, there is, at its heart, an emotional core, a profound sense of grief
A series of fast-paced, laugh-out-loud witty, disgusting and frequently well-observed scenes.He has a sharp ear for dialogue, and woven in and out of the surreal narrative are some of the wisest reflections on the folly of war (in this case the Gulf War) that you are likely to read outside the pages of Tolstoy
Addictive and compelling. Not to be missed
There are marvels in store... Self is profoundly interested in psychosis, paranoia, altered mental states, drug dependency , repetition compulsion and how our minds process time and memory
Teems with brilliance and originality
A stunner
Self has achieved the status of a true classic.He writes books that no one else could possibly write and which everyone admires ... he is in danger of becoming a national treasure... Self's books are radically funny raucous romps, understandable and enjoyable by just about anyone and everyone
Self is the most daring and delightful novelist of his generation
[A] hurricane of eloquence blows in terrific passages of satire, comedy, even suspense - not to mention Self's pitch-perfect ear for the jargons and lingoes of modernity
A brain-blitzing riff on war, technology and consciousness... thrilling - who else is writing with this much freedom and verve right now?
A tale of the insights of the limitations of technology, the insights of schizophrenia, the abuses of modern warfare, and of a clandestine love affair