Touchy Subjects - Softcover

Donoghue, Emma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844087395 ISBN 13: 9781844087396

Verlag: Virago, 2011

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"All of Donoghue's stories are lucid and well paced...written over a number of years, these stories demonstrate considerable versatility...It's evident she likes her characters, and you probably will too."--Tibor Fischer"New York Times" (09/17/2006)

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How do you make conversation with a sperm donor? How do you say someone's novel is drivel? Would you give a screaming baby brandy? In what words would you tell your girlfriend to pluck a hair on her chin?

Touchy Subjects is about things that make people wince: taboos, controversies, secrets and lies. Some of the events that characters crash into are grand, tragic ones: miscarriage, overdose, missing persons, a mother who deserts her children. Other topics, like religion and money, are not inherently taboo, but they can cause acute discomfort because people disagree so vehemently. Many of these stories are about the spectrum of constrained, convoluted feeling that runs from awkwardness through embarrassment to shame.

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• Verlag: Virago
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1844087395
• ISBN 13: 9781844087396
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288