David Lodge, geb. 1935 in London, war lange Jahre Professor für Moderne Englische Literatur an der Universität Birmingham und unterrichtete als Gastprofessor auch ein Jahr (1969) an der renommierten amerikanischen University of California in Berkeley. Er hat mit großem Erfolg eine Reihe von Büchern veröffentlicht. Heute lebt er als freier Schriftsteller mit seiner Familie in Birmingham.
The novel „Nice Work”, written by David Lodge in the 80’s tells about man , Victor Wilcox, who is a engineering director of the company Pringle’s and Sons .During the story he meets an young and intelligent woman, called Robyn Penrose, a feminist university teacher … Mehr
The novel „Nice Work”, written by David Lodge in the 80’s tells about man , Victor Wilcox, who is a engineering director of the company Pringle’s and Sons .During the story he meets an young and intelligent woman, called Robyn Penrose, a feminist university teacher specialising in the industrial novel and women's writing. He has never met anyone like Robyn and he becomes somewhat infatuated with her after a business trip to Frankfurt, where her linguistic skills helps him to clinch an important business deal. In my opinion the novel is a little boring, because it concentrates to much in the business life of the main characters, which for a reader doesn’t seem to be a reason to read the whole book. For the price 10 € you can invest the money in better books, which are much more informative about the English working life than “Nice Work”. Weniger
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