Jen Beagin

Big Swiss (eBook, ePUB)

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Greta liked knowing people's secrets. That wasn't a problem. Until she met Big Swiss.

Big Swiss. That's Greta's nickname for her - she is tall, and she is from Switzerland. Greta can see her now: dressed top to toe in white, that adorable gap between her two front teeth, her penetrating blue eyes. She's a head-turner: including the heads of infants and dogs.

Well that's how Greta imagines seeing her; they haven't actually ever met in person. Nor has Greta actually ever been to Switzerland.

Greta and Big Swiss are not in the same room, or even the same building. Greta is miles away, sitting at a desk in her own house, wearing only headphones, fingerless gloves, a kimono, and legwarmers, transcribing this disembodied voice.

What Greta doesn't know is that she's about to bump into Big Swiss in the local dog park. A new - and not entirely honest - relationship is going to be born.

A relationship that will transform both of their lives. . .

'Big Swiss is a dark party; a hilarious romp through new age pop psychology, romantic obsession, sapphic acrobatics, dogs, and the desire to end it all . . . I delighted in this cynical, sexy, hopeless, hopeful, Hudson Valley jubilee. Come for the bees, stay for the donkeys!' MELISSA BRODER

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571378586
• Artikelnr.: 65703475

Autorenporträt

Big Swiss is Jen's third novel. Pretend I'm Dead and Vacuum in the Dark (shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize) were published by Scribner US and Oneworld in the UK to wide critical acclaim. Jen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine. In 2017, she was awarded a prestigious Whiting Award for her debut novel Pretend I'm Dead. She lives in New York.

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PRAISE FOR JEN BEAGIN:

For Pretend I'm Dead

"Rib-ticklingly funny-sad. . . . [Beagin] works magic in the space between hilarity and heartbreak. . . . Absurdly affecting." -O Magazine, a Best Book of 2018

"One of the most anticipated literary debuts of the year. . . . Pretend I'm Dead traces a cleaning woman's journey to self-acceptance in alternately warm, sharp, and deeply wise fashion. . . . Scathingly funny." -Entertainment Weekly

"With her droll humor and hilarious (but also earnest) observations, the 24-year-old narrator of Pretend I'm Dead had us hooked from page one. . . . Glide through Mona's series of bad decisions with her - she's a good companion." -Refinery 29, a Best Book of 2018

"[A] smart, funny, darkly profound debut." -Nylon

For Vacuum in the Dark

"This novel is a joy: truly laugh-out-loud funny, while staying grounded and dignified, even as Mona capsizes again and again." -Stephanie Danler, The New York Times Book Review

"A wildly exuberant novel that doesn't shy away from the weirder and more disgusting parts of life. . . . Beagin is unafraid to take risks, and they all pay off here-Vacuum in the Dark is an excellent book by a writer with a singular voice." -NPR

"Piquantly amusing. . . . Weird, darkly funny . . . sharply drawn, sexually charged, wry with Mona's deadpan wit." -Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Revels in both order and transgression. . . . Stands alone beautifully. . . . Mona's unforgettably wry voice remains throughout." -Vulture