The red house editado por Penguin
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
"A beautiful object that will grace any holiday home's unfixably wobbly bedside table. The cover feels like a cracked china plate, decorated with a clever re-working of the willow-pattern; like the contents, it is subtle and clever. Haddon writes superb books for children, teenagers and grown-ups, and gets every voice in this one dead right. He is also a master craftsman, so this complicated narrative moves with the speed and certainty of released, unhappy holidaymakers hitting the homeward road. So shove this in your holidaying bag. You may have made a mistake with the booking, but you won't with the book" (Susan Jeffreys Independent)
"Mark Haddon is terrifyingly talented... The Red House is thoroughly engrossing and enjoyable entertainment" (Angus Clarke The Times)
"A hugely enjoyable, sympathetic novel...a tremendous pleasure...we have been absorbed, entertained and moved" (Kate Kellaway Observer)
"Rather like with Alan Ayckbourn's plays, what makes The Red House engaging is the quality of the writing. From the first page in which the train carrying Dominic and Angela's family "unzips the fields", there is a vigor to Haddon's prose which carries you along. I read it twice, both times with enjoyment" (Amanda Craig Independent on Sunday)
"With writing as elegant and truthful as this, readers will wish to keep their copies close at hand to savour again" (Michael Arditti Daily Mail)
Family, that slippery word, a star to every wandering bark, and everyone sailing under a different sky.
After his mother's death, Richard, a newly remarried hospital consultant, decides to build bridges with his estranged sister, inviting Angela and her family for a week in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children, a single family and all of them strangers. Seven days of shared meals, log fires, card games and wet walks.
But in the quiet and stillness of the valley, ghosts begin to rise up. The parents Richard thought he had. The parents Angela thought she had. Past and present lovers. Friends, enemies, victims, saviours. And watching over all of them from high on the dark hill, Karen, Angela's stillborn daughter.
The Red House is about the extraordinariness of the ordinary, weaving the words and thoughts of the eight characters together with those fainter, stranger voices - of books and letters and music, of the dead who once inhabited these rooms, of the ageing house itself and the landscape in which it sits.
Once again Mark Haddon, bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and A Spot of Bother, has written a novel that is funny, poignant and deeply insightful about human lives.
„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Versand:
Gratis
Innerhalb der USA
Anbieter: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, USA
Zustand: USED_ASNEW. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers I16C-03384
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Paperback. Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0099570173I4N00
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR004895300
Anzahl: 4 verfügbar
Anbieter: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7719-9780099570172
Anzahl: 2 verfügbar
Anbieter: Ammareal, Morangis, Frankreich
Softcover. Zustand: USED_NEARFINE. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers F-539-439
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Bahamut Media, Reading, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6545-9780099570172
Anzahl: 2 verfügbar
Anbieter: Chapitre.com : livres et presse ancienne, LAMNAY, Frankreich
Paperback. Zustand: UNSPECIFIED. After his mother's death, Richard, a newly remarried hospital consultant, decides to build bridges with his estranged sister, inviting Angela and her family for a week in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children, a single family a - Nombre de page(s) : - Poids : 250g - Langue : eng. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers O3415521-666
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Book Broker, Berlin, Deutschland
Zustand: USED_FINE. 352 Seiten Medienartikel von Book Broker Berlin sind stets in gebrauchsfähigem ordentlichen Zustand. Dieser Artikel weist folgende Merkmale auf: Saubere Seiten in fester Bindung. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200 Taschenbuch, Größe: 11 x 2.6 x 17.8 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 660588710
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Antiquariat Buchhandel Daniel Viertel, Diez, Deutschland
Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. 352 Seiten in gutem Zustand 22656 ISBN 9780099570172 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 198 11,0 x 2,6 x 17,8 cm, Taschenbuch. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3579851
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Antiquariat Buchhandel Daniel Viertel, Diez, Deutschland
Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. 352 Seiten in gutem Zustand 121 ISBN 9780099570172 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 198 11,0 x 2,6 x 17,8 cm, Taschenbuch. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2258885
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar