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2004
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-6922-0 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-6922-0 (ISBN)
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Verity Bell lives in a world of her own and we glimpse her grudges (from 'ants' to the 'zeitgesit'), her personal development (from 'amibtion' to 'wobbling') and her idiosyncratic network of obsessions (pick a letter, any letter). This book contains a narrative arranged alphabetically by topics.
Verity Bell has very big eyes, alphabetical leanings and a look that says she'd like to get inside your brain somehow. Or so her best friend Sally tells her, confessing that back at their school, most children thought she was a witch. Sally, a fellow only-child to whom Verity has been glued since girlhood, has become a worry in her twenties because she has actually allowed a married man to set her up in a flat to be his mistress. Verity sees no correlation whatsoever between this retrograde and fairly shocking love-nest and her own transforming passion for a married man called John, who surely yearns to leave his wife and three children to be with her. Doesn't he? Verity lives in a world of her own and we glimpse her grudges (from 'ants' to the 'zeitgesit'), her personal development (from 'amibtion' to 'wobbling') and her idiosyncratic network of obsessions (pick a letter, any letter) in a narrative arranged alphabetically by topics in the most curious and satisfying way. Sarah Salway's tale of Verity is a rarity and a treat - breaking up into fragments and as arbitrary as the alphabet, but coming together in a portrait of high definition and irresistible novelty.
Verity Bell has very big eyes, alphabetical leanings and a look that says she'd like to get inside your brain somehow. Or so her best friend Sally tells her, confessing that back at their school, most children thought she was a witch. Sally, a fellow only-child to whom Verity has been glued since girlhood, has become a worry in her twenties because she has actually allowed a married man to set her up in a flat to be his mistress. Verity sees no correlation whatsoever between this retrograde and fairly shocking love-nest and her own transforming passion for a married man called John, who surely yearns to leave his wife and three children to be with her. Doesn't he? Verity lives in a world of her own and we glimpse her grudges (from 'ants' to the 'zeitgesit'), her personal development (from 'amibtion' to 'wobbling') and her idiosyncratic network of obsessions (pick a letter, any letter) in a narrative arranged alphabetically by topics in the most curious and satisfying way. Sarah Salway's tale of Verity is a rarity and a treat - breaking up into fragments and as arbitrary as the alphabet, but coming together in a portrait of high definition and irresistible novelty.
Sarah Salway lives in Kent with her husband and two children and is a prize-winning short-story writer and poet. This is her first novel.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.4.2004 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 338 g |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7475-6922-3 / 0747569223 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7475-6922-0 / 9780747569220 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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