Julian Barnes

Broschiertes Buch

The Porcupine

Beschreibung

Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws.

Autor

Julian Barnes is the author of fourteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Booker Prize, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and five works of non-fiction, including Nothing to Be Frightened Of and the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life. He was awarded the David Cohen Prize for lifetime contribution to literature in 2011, and the Légion d'honneur in 2017.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 686276
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 129mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 118g
• ISBN-13: 9780099540144
• ISBN-10: 0099540142
• Artikelnr.: 26605095

Rezensionen

Critics have overlooked his tenderness, underestimated his intelligence, and denied his wisdom... The Porcupine is a superbly accomplished novella Nick Hornby