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Gabriel`s Gift
de Hanif Kureishi
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- ISBN 10
- 0571209297
- ISBN 13
- 9780571209293
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Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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Faber & Faber, 2002. Standard. Paperback. Very Good. Outline:- Gabriel`s father, a washed-up rock musician, has been chucked out of the house by Gabriel`s mother, who works nights and sleeps days. Lonely Gabriel finds solace in a mysterious connection to his deceased twin, Archie, and in his gift for producing real objects simply by drawing them. Then a chance visit with rock star Lester Jones, his father`s former band mate, provides Gabriel with a tool that might help mend his family. All he has to do is figure out how to use it. Hanif Kureishi portrays Gabriel`s naive hope and artistic aspirations with the same insight that he brought to the Anglo-Indian experience in The Buddha of Suburbia and to infidelity in Intimacy. Gabriel`s Gift is a tender meditation on failure, talent, and the power of imagination, and offers a humorous portrait of a generation that only started to think about growing up when its children did.-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Faber & Faber The date of this copy is 2002 booksalvation have grade it as Very Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK
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Gabriel's father, a washed-up rock musician, has been chucked out of the house by Gabriel's mother, who works nights and sleeps days. Lonely Gabriel finds solace in a mysterious connection to his deceased twin, Archie, and in his gift for producing real objects simply by drawing them. Then a chance visit with rock star Lester Jones, his father's former band mate, provides Gabriel with a tool that might help mend his family. All he has to do is figure out how to use it. Hanif Kureishi portrays Gabriel's naive hope and artistic aspirations with the same insight that he brought to the Anglo-Indian experience in The Buddha of Suburbia and to infidelity in Intimacy. Gabriel's Gift is a tender meditation on failure, talent, and the power of imagination, and offers a humorous portrait of a generation that only started to think about growing up when its children did.
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- Librería
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 9780571209293EB5192
- Título
- Gabriel`s Gift
- Autor
- Hanif Kureishi
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Standard
- ISBN 10
- 0571209297
- ISBN 13
- 9780571209293
- Editorial
- Faber & Faber
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002
- Palabras clave
- Literary Works
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