Altruists
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Probably the most striking American debut novel of 2019, the choice of the New York Times, PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly editors. “Altruists” are “witty tragicomedy about new grievances and suffered wisdom”, “an incredibly touching story about the price of good deeds” (The Daily Mail), this is an “an ambitious combination of a global perspective and a warm human comedy. Inevitably causing comparisons with the books of Jonathan Franzen ”(The New York Times Book Review).
Arthur Alter has big problems. He can lose his professorship at St. Louis University, and with her-and the opportunity to pay on a mortgage loan, a young girlfriend who is suitable for him in his daughter, is ready to wave his hand, and his own children, Ethan and Maggie, refuse to talk with him . But children, unlike him, have money - the state, secretly accumulated by the deceased wife of Arthur, Francin, isqueathed directly to him. Now Ethan lives a recluse in the prestigious quarter of Brooklyn, and Maggie practices forced poverty and tries to devote himself to charity. Hoping to persuade Itan and Maggie to help him not lose his old family house, Arthur invites them to spend the spring holidays in St. Louis-and opens the natural box of Pandora
Arthur Alter has big problems. He can lose his professorship at St. Louis University, and with her-and the opportunity to pay on a mortgage loan, a young girlfriend who is suitable for him in his daughter, is ready to wave his hand, and his own children, Ethan and Maggie, refuse to talk with him . But children, unlike him, have money - the state, secretly accumulated by the deceased wife of Arthur, Francin, isqueathed directly to him. Now Ethan lives a recluse in the prestigious quarter of Brooklyn, and Maggie practices forced poverty and tries to devote himself to charity. Hoping to persuade Itan and Maggie to help him not lose his old family house, Arthur invites them to spend the spring holidays in St. Louis-and opens the natural box of Pandora
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Children's Book
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Historical Literature
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:18+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-18770-2
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