The Pier Falls: Mark Haddon - Softcover

Haddon, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910702188 ISBN 13: 9781910702185

Verlag: Random House UK, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

'He writes with the craft of Julian Barnes or, even, Truman Capote.' The TimesA Spectator Book of the YearAn expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. A seaside pier collapses. A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room., One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. Another woman is saved from drowning. Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox., A group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle. A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve. In this first collection of stories by the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon demonstrates two things: first that he is a master of the short form (several of the stories have been longlisted for prizes), second that his imagination is even darker than we had thought.

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"He writes with the craft of Julian Barnes or, even, Truman Capote." (Andrew Billen The Times)

"The real redemption in these superbly gripping stories comes from their canny human detail, and the vivid, unsettling clarity they bring to our brief lives." (Phil Baker Sunday Times)

"Haddon achieves what newspapers often fail to do: he makes it real... The writing itself is beautiful... The stories are willed experiments, imagination’s darkest what-ifs... Their execution is outstanding." (Kate Kellaway Observer)

"A sustained set of powerfully told stories... It's as if Ian McEwan had never turned nice." (David Sexton Evening Standard)

"Brilliant collection... Seamless prose... It feels as though Haddon is leading you into the deepest underworld of human endeavor and behavior, yet holding your hand gently as he guides you into the labyrinth. Outstanding." (Imogen Lycett Green Daily Mail)

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An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. A seaside pier collapses. A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room. One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. Another woman is saved from drowning. Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox. A group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle. A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve.

In this first collection of stories by the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon demonstrates two things: first that he is a master of the short form (several of the stories have been longlisted for prizes), second that his imagination is even darker than we had thought.

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• Verlag: Random House UK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1910702188
• ISBN 13: 9781910702185
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336