Lay of the Land
«'Wistful, bittersweet - and often very funny ... seems to locate all the quiet despairs and hopes of the human condition with exquisite precision' Daily Telegraph 'Sublime ... a richly textured, rolling and poetic voice' The Times 'Engaging, brilliant, hugely sad and, of course, ultimately uplifting. As with the other two, I'll read it again and again' William Leith, Evening Standard 'A massive, ruminative, poignant and cathartic novel ... it is a masterly account of a modulating adult life. Ford's canvas is huge, but his wealth of subtle detail remains astonishingly vivid' Independent on Sunday»
It is fall, 2000 and Frank Bascombe has arrived at a state of optimistic pragmatism that he calls the Permanent Period of life. Epic mistakes have already been made, dreams downsized, and Frank reflects that now at least there are fewer opportunities left in life to get things wrong. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780747585992
- Utgivelsesår
- 2007
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«'Wistful, bittersweet - and often very funny ... seems to locate all the quiet despairs and hopes of the human condition with exquisite precision' Daily Telegraph 'Sublime ... a richly textured, rolling and poetic voice' The Times 'Engaging, brilliant, hugely sad and, of course, ultimately uplifting. As with the other two, I'll read it again and again' William Leith, Evening Standard 'A massive, ruminative, poignant and cathartic novel ... it is a masterly account of a modulating adult life. Ford's canvas is huge, but his wealth of subtle detail remains astonishingly vivid' Independent on Sunday»