Ann Quin - Böcker

"ALISTAIR CHARLES HUMPHREY BERG, född den tredje i tredje nittonhundratrettioett. Faderns yrke: hedersman av okänd härkomst, skurk av första graden. Modern: en dam utan motstycke, mor till geniet ..." Perukförsäljaren Berg har begett sig...

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As innovative and abrasive as the very best of William Burroughs, Ann Quin's Tripticks offers a scattered account of the narrator's flight across a surreal American landscape, pursued by his "No. 1 X-wife" and her new lover. This masterp...

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-- Ruth and Leonard's young female boarder, S., disappears under circumstances that suggest suicide. As the couple pours over her diary, audio tapes, and movies, their obsession with the enigmatic young girl takes over their relationship. Three co...

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`A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father . . .' So begins Ann Quin's madcap frolic with sinister undertones, a debut `so staggeringly superior to most you'll never forget it' (The Guardi...

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"A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father..." So begins Ann Quin's first novel, which has been compared to the fiction of Samuel Beckett and Nathalie Sarraute. Against the backd...

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A poetic book of voices, landscapes and the passing of time, Ann Quin's finely wrought novel reflects the multiple meanings of the very word "passages." Two characters move through the book--a woman in search of her brother, and her love...

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"Quin's prose never falters; it's stunning." --The Paris Review This new collection of rare and unpublished writing by the cult 1960s author explores the risks and seductions of going over the edge. The stories cut an alternative path ac...

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Three opens with the disappearance at sea, possibly suicide, of a young woman, identified only as S. A middle-aged couple, Ruth and Leonard, had been spying on their young lodger in their summer house by the sea, and now begin to pore over her dia...

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A completely updated and revised edition of this comprehensive review of the range of social policy provision in Ireland - education, income maintenance, employment, housing and health - together with chapters relating to different categories of c...

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This new collection of rare and unpublished writing by the cult 1960s author Ann Quin explores the risks and seductions of going over the edge. The stories cut an alternative path across innovative twentieth-century writing, bridging the world of ...

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'A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father. . . 'So begins Ann Quin's first novel, a debut 'so staggeringly superior to most you'll never forget it' (The Guardian). Alistair Berg, hair res...

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S has disappeared from Ruth and Leonard's home in Brighton. Suicide is suspected. The couple, who had been spying on their young lodger since before the trouble, begin to pour over her diary, her audio recordings and her movies - only to discover ...

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A book of voices, landscapes and seasons, Ann Quin's newly republished novel mirrors the multiplicity of meanings of the very word 'passage' - of music, of time, and of life itself. A woman, accompanied by her lover, searches for her lost brother,...

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A book of voices, landscapes and seasons, Ann Quin's newly republished novel mirrors the multiplicity of meanings of the very word 'passage'--of music, of time, and of life itself. A woman, accompanied by her lover, searches for her lost brother, ...

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First published in 1972, Ann Quin's fourth and final novel was a radical break from the introspective style she had developed in Three and Passages: a declaration of independence from all expectations. Brashly experimental, ribald, and hilarious, ...

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First published in 1972, Ann Quin's fourth and final novel was a radical break from the introspective style she had developed in Three and Passages: a declaration of independence from all expectations. Brashly experimental, ribald, and hilarious, ...

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Eine Frau ist auf der Suche nach ihrem verschollenen Bruder, der vielleicht gefoltert, eingesperrt oder gar getötet wurde. Sie ist in Begleitung ihres Liebhabers, der zugleich ihr männliches Spiegelbild ist. Stets auf der Suche nach sich selbst, i...

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"e;Ein Mann namens Berg, der sich in Greb umbenannte, kam in eine Kustenstadt, mit der Absicht seinen Vater zu toten ..."e;So beginnt Ann Quins verrckt-lustiger Debutroman mit dsteren Untertnen. Ein Erstlingswerk so "e;berragend und au...

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