Summer Without Men

'Alarmingly funny' - TLS

AvSiri Hustvedt

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED'Funny, moving and erudite, playfully reminding us of a contemporary Jane Austen'Daily Mail'Astoundingly joyful'Guardian'Alarmingly funny'Times Literary SupplementAfter Mia's husband of thirty years asks for a 'pause', to indulge his infatuation with a young French colleague, she briefly breaks down before retreating to the prairie town of her childhood, to rage and reassess her life. Slowly, however, she's drawn into the lives of the women around her: her mother's circle of feisty widows, her young neighbour with two small children, the teenage girls in her poetry class. As Mia faces her summer without men, she must discover what's worth fighting for - and on whose terms. 'A rich and intelligent meditation on female identity'Sunday Times'A mordant comedy'Observer

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-06-16
Mått:133 x 198 x 14 mm
Vikt:136 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN:9781444720259

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Siri Hustvedt is the author of seven novels, five collections of essays, a poetry collection and a memoir. Her books have been listed for major prizes, including the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize and the PEN America Literary Award. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and has been awarded honorary PhDs from Johannes Gutenberg University, Stendhal University and the University of Oslo. She is a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and has written on art for the New York Times and the Daily Telegraph. Born in Minnesota, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Siri Hustvedt is a novelist of great intelligence. She knows the ways of the world and of the heart . . . THE SUMMER WITHOUT MEN is a new departure. Despite its painful subject matter - marital rupture, encroaching death, the tormenting antics of malice-ridden girls - the novel is a mordant comedy.