Mark Haddon

The Porpoise

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Produktbeschreibung

'Just downright brilliant... a transcendent, transporting experience' Observer

A motherless girl grows up in isolated luxury, hidden from the world by her wealthy father. She believes their life together is normal - but as time passes, she has a growing sense that something between them is very wrong.

She cannot escape, so she seeks solace in her books. Her favourite tales are those that conjure ancient worlds - of angry gods and heroic mortals, one of whom will some day come to her rescue.

Soon, she will forget where the page ends and her mind begins.

'A full-throttle blast of storytelling mastery' Max Porter

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 257391, 744200
• Seitenzahl: 315
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 132mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 241g
• ISBN-13: 9781529110708
• ISBN-10: 152911070X
• Artikelnr.: 57682790

Autorenporträt

Mark Haddon is one of our most imaginative storytellers, whose work has been read and enjoyed by millions. In his most recent book, The Pier Falls (`Superbly gripping¿, Sunday Times), he reworked two mythical legends ¿ Ariadne on Naxos and Gawain and the Green Knight ¿ and turned them into startling contemporary stories. In The Porpoise he takes on the epic tale of Pericles, Prince of Tyre, to stunning dramatic effect.

Rezensionen

Wondrous... a violent, all-action thrill ride shuttling between antiquity and the present... just downright brilliant... a transcendant, transporting experience... A helix, a mirror ball, a literary box of tricks... take your pick: this is a full-spectrum pleasure, mixing metafictional razzmatazz with pulse-racing action and a prose style to die for. I'll be staggered if it's not spoken of whenever prizes are mentioned this year Anthony Cummins Observer