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<i>Last Orders</i> is the story of four men once close to London butcher Jack Dodds, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. The men, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack and their favourite pub, must make their way down to a seaside town to complete the task. Through conversation and memory they trace the paths they have followed by choice and by accident; through the Second World War and its aftermath, through the dramas of family life, and their relationships with each other. In their brilliantly realized, richly nuanced voices, Swift has created a narrative language that perfectly expresses not only the comforts of old habits and friendships, but also the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.
Compra de libros
Last Orders, Graham Swift
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 1997
- Encuadernación
- (Tapa blanda)
Métodos de pago
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- Título
- Last Orders
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Graham Swift
- Editorial
- Vintage Canada
- Publicado en
- 1997
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0679308571
- ISBN13
- 9780679308577
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Familia, Ficción contemporánea, Amistad, Relaciones, Siglo XX, Literatura Británica, Muerte, Feminismo, Madurez, Literatura inglesa, Comedias, Matrimonio, Londres, Siglo XXI, Sátira, Años 60 del siglo XX, Años 90 del Siglo XX, Premio Booker
- Descripción
- <i>Last Orders</i> is the story of four men once close to London butcher Jack Dodds, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. The men, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack and their favourite pub, must make their way down to a seaside town to complete the task. Through conversation and memory they trace the paths they have followed by choice and by accident; through the Second World War and its aftermath, through the dramas of family life, and their relationships with each other. In their brilliantly realized, richly nuanced voices, Swift has created a narrative language that perfectly expresses not only the comforts of old habits and friendships, but also the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.