The Life to Come Tapa blanda - 2017

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, NSW, 2017. Softcover. Good Condition. Set in Sydney, Paris and Sri Lanka, The Life to Come is a mesmerising novel about the stories we tell and don't tell ourselves as individuals, as societies and as nations. It feels at once firmly classic and exhilaratingly contemporary. Pippa is a writer who longs for success. Celeste tries to convince herself that her feelings for her married lover are reciprocated. Ash makes strategic use of his childhood in Sri Lanka but blots out the memory of a tragedy from that time. Driven by riveting stories and unforgettable characters, here is a dazzling meditation on intimacy, loneliness and our flawed perception of other people. Profoundly moving as well as wickedly funny, The Life to Come reveals how the shadows cast by both the past and the future can transform, distort and undo the present. This extraordinary novel by Miles Franklin-winning author Michelle de Kretser will strike to your soul. 375 pages. Light tanning to pages.… Leer más

Allen & Unwin. Very Good. 24 cm. Paperback. 2017. 375 pages.<br>Pippa is a writer who longs for success. Celeste tr ies to convince herself that her feelings for her married lover a re reciprocated. Ash makes strategic use of his childhood in Sri Lanka but blots out the memory of a tragedy from that time. Drive n by riveting stories and unforgettable characters, here is a daz zling ... .

Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2017 8vo. original printed paper wraps; pp. viii, 376 (last blank). A fine copy. Although unmarked, this copy is ex-libris Miles Franklin Literary Award winning novelist, Alex Miller.. First Edition. Soft Cover. F.

Allen & Unwin 2017 Paperback. Good.

Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2017. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed by Author. Trade Paperback. 375 pages. Inscribed by Author. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2017. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Set in Australia, France, and Sri Lanka, The Life to Come is about the stories we tell and don't tell ourselves as individuals, as societies, and as nations. Driven by a vivid cast of characters, it explores necessary emigration, the art of fiction, and ethnic and class conflict. Pippa is an Australian writer who longs for the success of her novelist teacher and eventually comes to fear that she "missed everything important." In Paris, Celeste tries to convince herself that her feelings for her married lover are reciprocated. Ash makes strategic… Leer más