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Wanting

Af: Richard Flanagan Engelsk Paperback

Wanting

Af: Richard Flanagan Engelsk Paperback
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FROM THE BESTSELLING BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR

Mathinna, an Aboriginal girl from Van Diemen’s Land, is adopted by nineteenth-century explorer, Sir John Franklin, and his wife, Lady Jane. Franklin is confident that shining the light of reason on Mathinna will lift her out of savagery and desire. But when Franklin dies on an Arctic expedition, Lady Jane writes to Charles Dickens, asking him to defend Franklin’s reputation amid rumours of his crew lapsing into cannibalism.

Dickens responds by staging a play in which he takes the leading role as Franklin, his symbol of reason’s triumph, only to fall in love with an eighteen-year-old actress. As reason gives way to wanting, the frontier between civilisation and barbarity dissolves, and Mathinna, now a teenage prostitute, goes drinking on a fatal night.

''Exquisite'' New Yorker

''Fascinating'' New York Times

''Irresistibly good'' The Times

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FROM THE BESTSELLING BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR

Mathinna, an Aboriginal girl from Van Diemen’s Land, is adopted by nineteenth-century explorer, Sir John Franklin, and his wife, Lady Jane. Franklin is confident that shining the light of reason on Mathinna will lift her out of savagery and desire. But when Franklin dies on an Arctic expedition, Lady Jane writes to Charles Dickens, asking him to defend Franklin’s reputation amid rumours of his crew lapsing into cannibalism.

Dickens responds by staging a play in which he takes the leading role as Franklin, his symbol of reason’s triumph, only to fall in love with an eighteen-year-old actress. As reason gives way to wanting, the frontier between civilisation and barbarity dissolves, and Mathinna, now a teenage prostitute, goes drinking on a fatal night.

''Exquisite'' New Yorker

''Fascinating'' New York Times

''Irresistibly good'' The Times

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 272
ISBN-13: 9781784702922
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1784702927
Udg. Dato: 26 maj 2016
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: Vintage Publishing
Oplagsdato: 26 maj 2016
Forfatter(e): Richard Flanagan
Forfatter(e) Richard Flanagan


Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur


ISBN-13 9781784702922


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 272


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 198mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 26 maj 2016


Oplagsdato 26 maj 2016


Forlag Vintage Publishing