The Casual Vacancy
Autor J. K. Rowling Tom Hollanderen Limba Engleză CD-Audio – 22 iul 2013
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations?
A big novel about a small town,The Casual Vacancyis J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781478951506
ISBN-10: 1478951508
Dimensiuni: 140 x 152 x 44 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:Completă
Editura: HACHETTE AUDIO
Colecția Little, Brown & Company
ISBN-10: 1478951508
Dimensiuni: 140 x 152 x 44 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:Completă
Editura: HACHETTE AUDIO
Colecția Little, Brown & Company
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Notă biografică
J.K.
Rowlingis
the
author
of
the
bestselling
Harry
Potter
series
of
seven
books,
published
between
1997
and
2007,
which
have
sold
over
450
million
copies
worldwide,
are
distributed
in
more
than
200
territories,have
been
translated
into
73
languages,
and
have
been
turned
into
eight
blockbuster
films.
As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's Légion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of Lumos, which works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.
As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's Légion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of Lumos, which works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.
Recenzii
This
is
a
wonderful
novel.
JK
Rowling's
skills
as
a
storyteller
are
on
a
par
with
RL
Stevenson,
Conan
Doyle
and
PD
James.
Here,
they
are
combined
with
her
ability
to
create
memorable
and
moving
characters
to
produce
a
state-of-England
novel
driven
by
tenderness
and
fury
Melvyn
Bragg,
The
Observer
A
needle-sharp
and
darkly
comic
expose
of
today's
class-ridden
society
...
A
highly
readable
morality
tale
for
our
times
Emma
Lee-Potter,
Daily
Express
The
Casual
Vacancy
is
a
stunning,
brilliant,
outrageously
gripping
and
entertaining
evocation
of
British
society
today.
[J.K.
Rowling]
has
done
a
rather
brave
thing
and
pulled
it
off
magnificently
Henry
Sutton,
The
Mirror
One
marvels
at
the
skill
with
which
Rowling
weaves
such
vivid
characters
in
and
out
of
each
other's
lives
Christopher
Brookmyre,
The
Daily
Telegraph
Heartbreaking
-
turning
the
page
seems
unbearable,
but
not
as
much
as
putting
down
the
book
would
be
Deepti
Hajela,
Associated
Press
An
exquisite
and
occasionally
moving
black
comedy
...
The
acid
test
-
I
suspect
it
would
do
well
even
if
its
author's
name
weren't
J.K.
Rowling
David
Robinson,
Scotsman
A
big,
ambitious,
brilliant,
profane,
funny,
deeply
upsetting
and
magnificently
eloquent
novel
of
contemporary
England
...
This
is
a
deeply
moving
book
by
somebody
who
understands
both
human
beings
and
novels
very,
very
deeply
Lev
Grossman,
Time
Magazine
Insightful,
meaningful,
daring
and
resolutely
challenging
to
tabloid
assumptions
regarding
the
moral
worth
of
individuals
Scotland
on
Sunday
The
action
bowls
along
compellingly,
most
of
the
characters
are
vividly
drawn
and
there
are
some
sharp
-
often
very
sharp
-
observations
about
their
social
pretensions
...
a
bold
and
distinctive
effort
The
Sunday
Telegraph
This
is
a
novel
of
insight
and
skill,
deftly
drawn
and,
at
the
end,
cleverly
pulled
together.
It
plays
to
her
strengths
as
a
storyteller
The
Economist
The
Casual
Vacancy
is
a
brilliant
novel,
entertaining,
intelligent,
moving,
passionate
and
hard-hitting;
touching
on
familiar
subjects
but
approaching
them
with
great
originality
and
skill.
Moreover,
it's
unputdownable
...
The
novel
is
a
triumph
Irish
Times
Rowling
is
a
great
storyteller
with
a
clear
eye
and
a
warm
heart,
and
The
Casual
Vacancy
is
a
moving
and
immensely
pleasurable
novel
Sunday
Business
Post
Ireland
Wrestles
honourably
and
intelligently
with
big
moral
and
political
questions
...
a
study
of
provincial
life,
with
a
large
cast
and
multiple,
interlocking
plots,
drawing
inspiration
from
such
writers
as
Trollope,
Gaskell
and,
perhaps
most
of
all,
George
Elliot
...
[the
plot]
is
big,
engrossing,
and
runs
like
clockwork
Guardian
Rowling
weaves
a
web
of
connections
that
resonate
long
after
the
book
ends
Daily
Express
This
is
a
book
with
a
social
conscience
...
Much
lurks
behind
Pagford's
idyllic
facade
The
Times
Rowling
once
again
shows
her
skill
at
laying
bare
the
best
and
(more
often)
worst
of
human
nature
Star
Magazine
A
perfect
holiday
read
Best
Magazine
JK's
first
grown-up
novel
is
an
eminently-readable
tale
of
small
minds
in
small-town
England
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Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war.Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems.And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K.
Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.