Cantitate/Preț
Produs

This Will be Difficult to Explain and Other Stories

Autor Johanna Skibsrud
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 feb 2012
A collection that features the following stories: A young maid at a hotel in France encounters a man who asks to paint her portrait, only later discovering that he is someone other than who we think he is; and, more.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 8976 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 135

Preț estimativ în valută:
1718 1789$ 1415£

Carte indisponibilă temporar

Doresc să fiu notificat când acest titlu va fi disponibil:

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780434021703
ISBN-10: 0434021709
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 143 x 223 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Cornerstone

Notă biografică

Johanna Skibsrud is the author of two collections of poetry. The Sentimentalists, her first novel, won the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada's most prestigious literary award. She lives in Montreal and Tucson.

Recenzii

"The characters in these note-perfect stories tend to make their most important discoveries by stumbling against them.The writing here is an absolute joy to read; clear, economical and condensed." -- Kate Saunders The Times "Funny, thoughtful and oblique, Skibsrud's stories explode with sudden meaning." Independent "What is it about Canada that keeps on producing some of the best short stories writers in the world? The latest of the younger generation and the most talked about is Johanna Skibsrud. It's a name that might be hard to remember, but her stories are difficult to forget." -- Christena Appleyard Daily Mail

"The characters in these note-perfect stories tend to make their most important discoveries by stumbling against them.The writing here is an absolute joy to read; clear, economical and condensed." -- Kate Saunders The Times

"The characters in these note-perfect stories tend to make their most important discoveries by stumbling against them.The writing here is an absolute joy to read; clear, economical and condensed." -- Kate Saunders The Times "Funny, thoughtful and oblique, Skibsrud's stories explode with sudden meaning." Independent