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The laureate of the Buker Prize Julian Barnes is one of the most striking and original prose writers of modern Britain, the author of such international bestsellers as “one story”, “noise of time”, “foreboding of the end”, “Arthur and George”, “The History of the World in 10 Chapters” , Parrot of Flaubert and many others. Perhaps his main talent is the ability to easily and naturally play with styles and directions. Thin stylization and caustic irony, sophisticated lyricism and sarcasm that is almost cynic, aggressive rigidity and fun mischief - Barns is subject to all this and much more.
So, before you is a modern London comedy of morals-a love triangle of a modest banking employee, a talented loser and an artist-restorer. All three tell a story, each - his own: how it was from his point of view. No descriptions: the whole book, which begins with the epigraph “lies like an eyewitness (Russian proverb)”, consists of monologues and statements of those very eyewitnesses who, according to the author and an unknown Russian genius, are so remarkably lie. The reader himself will have to decide how to react to what is happening: whether to cry, laugh, or all at once ...
The translation is published in the new edition
So, before you is a modern London comedy of morals-a love triangle of a modest banking employee, a talented loser and an artist-restorer. All three tell a story, each - his own: how it was from his point of view. No descriptions: the whole book, which begins with the epigraph “lies like an eyewitness (Russian proverb)”, consists of monologues and statements of those very eyewitnesses who, according to the author and an unknown Russian genius, are so remarkably lie. The reader himself will have to decide how to react to what is happening: whether to cry, laugh, or all at once ...
The translation is published in the new edition
Author:
Author:Barnes J .
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: The Big Book (soft cover)
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-18033-8
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