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<i>Last Orders</i> is the story of four men once close to London butcher Jack Dodds, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. The men, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack and their favourite pub, must make their way down to a seaside town to complete the task. Through conversation and memory they trace the paths they have followed by choice and by accident; through the Second World War and its aftermath, through the dramas of family life, and their relationships with each other. In their brilliantly realized, richly nuanced voices, Swift has created a narrative language that perfectly expresses not only the comforts of old habits and friendships, but also the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.
Nákup knihy
Last Orders, Graham Swift
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 1997
- Vazba
- (měkká)
Doručení
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- Titul
- Last Orders
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Graham Swift
- Vydavatel
- Vintage Canada
- Rok vydání
- 1997
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0679308571
- ISBN13
- 9780679308577
- Série
- Štítky
- Rodina, Současná literatura, Přátelství, Vztahy, 20. století, Britská literatura, Úmrtí, Feminismus, Dospívání, Anglická literatura, Komedie, Manželství, Londýn, 21. století, Satira, 60. léta 20. století, 90. léta 20. století, Bookerova cena
- Anotace
- <i>Last Orders</i> is the story of four men once close to London butcher Jack Dodds, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. The men, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack and their favourite pub, must make their way down to a seaside town to complete the task. Through conversation and memory they trace the paths they have followed by choice and by accident; through the Second World War and its aftermath, through the dramas of family life, and their relationships with each other. In their brilliantly realized, richly nuanced voices, Swift has created a narrative language that perfectly expresses not only the comforts of old habits and friendships, but also the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.