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Barcelona Dreaming

Af: Rupert Thomson Engelsk Paperback

Barcelona Dreaming

Af: Rupert Thomson Engelsk Paperback
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD PRIZE FOR FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE

''His confident, spellbinding prose is jewelled with uncanny details, gliding along in language that strikes, unsettles, and reawakens at every turn...This is a brilliant book'' Maya C. Popa

''Cool and controlled...Electrifying...Reading Rupert Thomson novels can easily become an obsession'' The Times

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Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, Barcelona Dreaming is made up of three stories that are linked by time and place, and also by the moving, unexpected interactions of a rich cast of characters.

The stories are narrated, in turn, by an English woman who runs a gift shop, an alcoholic jazz pianist, and a translator tormented by unrequited love, all of whose lives will be changed forever. Underpinning the novel, and casting a long shadow, is a crime committed against a young Moroccan immigrant.

Exploring themes of addiction, racism, celebrity, immigration, and self-delusion, and fuelled by a longing for the unattainable and a nostalgia for what is about to be lost, Barcelona Dreaming is a love letter to one of the world''s most beautiful cities and a powerful and poignant fable for our uncertain times.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD PRIZE FOR FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE

''His confident, spellbinding prose is jewelled with uncanny details, gliding along in language that strikes, unsettles, and reawakens at every turn...This is a brilliant book'' Maya C. Popa

''Cool and controlled...Electrifying...Reading Rupert Thomson novels can easily become an obsession'' The Times

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Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, Barcelona Dreaming is made up of three stories that are linked by time and place, and also by the moving, unexpected interactions of a rich cast of characters.

The stories are narrated, in turn, by an English woman who runs a gift shop, an alcoholic jazz pianist, and a translator tormented by unrequited love, all of whose lives will be changed forever. Underpinning the novel, and casting a long shadow, is a crime committed against a young Moroccan immigrant.

Exploring themes of addiction, racism, celebrity, immigration, and self-delusion, and fuelled by a longing for the unattainable and a nostalgia for what is about to be lost, Barcelona Dreaming is a love letter to one of the world''s most beautiful cities and a powerful and poignant fable for our uncertain times.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9781472153517
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1472153510
Udg. Dato: 31 mar 2022
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 196mm
Højde: 125mm
Forlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Oplagsdato: 31 mar 2022
Forfatter(e): Rupert Thomson
Forfatter(e) Rupert Thomson


Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur


ISBN-13 9781472153517


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 224


Udgave


Længde 21mm


Bredde 196mm


Højde 125mm


Udg. Dato 31 mar 2022


Oplagsdato 31 mar 2022


Forlag Little, Brown Book Group

Kategori sammenhænge