Various Pets Alive and Dead
Autor Marina Lewyckaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 feb 2013
For twenty years Doro and Marcus lived in a commune, convinced lentils and free love would change the world. They didn't. What they did do was give their children a terror of radicalism, dirt, cooking rotas and poverty. Their daughter Clara wants nothing less conformist than her own, clean bathroom. Their son Serge hides the awkward fact that he's a banker earning loadsamoney. So when Doro and Marcus spring a surprise on their kids - just as the world is rocked in ways they always wished for - the family is forced to confront some thorny truths about themselves . . .
'Wonderfully funny . . . a dizzy, eye-watering treat . . . Lewycka is somewhere between Hilary Mantel in her satirical mode and Sue Townsend'Independent
'Thank heavens for Marina Lewycka whoseVarious Pets Alive and Deadme laugh at least once in every chapter . . . The warmth of its tone, its zest, its blend of quirky, humane comedy and intellectual seriousness make this a novel to treasure'New Statesman
'Marina Lewycka's latest novel is wonderfully funny with moments of pure farce in the best tradition of social satire . . . this inventive and witty book fizzes along from beginning to end'Daily Express
Marina Lewycka was born in Kiel, Germany, after the war, grew up in England and lives in Sheffield. Her first novel,A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, longlisted for the Man Booker and won the Bollinger Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction and the Waverton Good Read Award. Her second novel,Two Caravans, was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian,Two Caravansand Marina's third novel,We Are All Made of Glue, are all available in Penguin
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141044941
ISBN-10: 0141044942
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141044942
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Marina
Lewycka
was
born
in
Kiel,
Germany,
after
the
war,
grew
up
in
England
and
lives
in
Sheffield.
Her
first
novel,A
Short
History
of
Tractors
in
Ukrainian,
was
shortlisted
for
the
Orange
Prize,
longlisted
for
the
Man
Booker
and
won
the
Bollinger
Everyman
Prize
for
Comic
Fiction
and
the
Waverton
Good
Read
Award.
Her
second
novel,Two
Caravans,
was
shortlisted
for
the
Orwell
Prize.A
Short
History
of
Tractors
in
Ukrainian,Two
Caravansand
Marina's
third
novel,We
Are
All
Made
of
Glue,
are
all
available
in
Penguin.
Recenzii
Wonderfully
funny
.
.
.
a
dizzy,
eye-watering
treat
.
.
.
Lewycka
is
somewhere
between
Hilary
Mantel
in
her
satirical
mode
and
Sue
Townsend
Thank heavens for Marina Lewycka whoseVarious Pets Alive and Deadme laugh at least once in every chapter . . . The warmth of its tone, its zest, its blend of quirky, humane comedy and intellectual seriousness make this a novel to treasure
Not many authors could successfully mix lentils, bra-burning and free love with city traders, quantitative analysts and the mathematical calculations that supposedly make naked short selling, CDOs and subprime mortgages infallible. But Marina Lewycka is an exception . . . Never has reading about something serious been quite so much fun
Lewycka treats her characters with real affection and combines the big themes and acutely-observed details with characteristic lightness of touch
An astute and hilarious take on modern values
Lewycka displays a similar mix of astringent humour and worldly humanism in her fourth novel as she did in her acclaimed debut . . . a funny, farcical novel
[Lewycka is] a warm and humane writer . . . most affecting
An affectionate picture of a free-thinking, beatnik lifestyle now regarded as batty, but which was underpinned by a real desire to change the world. We could all do with a bit more of that
Lewycka is a warm and humane writer
Marina Lewycka's latest novel is wonderfully funny with moments of pure farce in the best tradition of social satire . . . this inventive and witty book fizzes along from beginning to end
Lewycka is not only witty but astute . . . it is a charming, beautifully observed novel, and those who label Lewycka a merely whimsical or quirky comic writer woefully underestimate her abilities
Thank heavens for Marina Lewycka whoseVarious Pets Alive and Deadme laugh at least once in every chapter . . . The warmth of its tone, its zest, its blend of quirky, humane comedy and intellectual seriousness make this a novel to treasure
Not many authors could successfully mix lentils, bra-burning and free love with city traders, quantitative analysts and the mathematical calculations that supposedly make naked short selling, CDOs and subprime mortgages infallible. But Marina Lewycka is an exception . . . Never has reading about something serious been quite so much fun
Lewycka treats her characters with real affection and combines the big themes and acutely-observed details with characteristic lightness of touch
An astute and hilarious take on modern values
Lewycka displays a similar mix of astringent humour and worldly humanism in her fourth novel as she did in her acclaimed debut . . . a funny, farcical novel
[Lewycka is] a warm and humane writer . . . most affecting
An affectionate picture of a free-thinking, beatnik lifestyle now regarded as batty, but which was underpinned by a real desire to change the world. We could all do with a bit more of that
Lewycka is a warm and humane writer
Marina Lewycka's latest novel is wonderfully funny with moments of pure farce in the best tradition of social satire . . . this inventive and witty book fizzes along from beginning to end
Lewycka is not only witty but astute . . . it is a charming, beautifully observed novel, and those who label Lewycka a merely whimsical or quirky comic writer woefully underestimate her abilities