An Absence of Cousins
€ 14,76
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9781914502101 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Lore Segal |
| Editora | Sort of Books |
| Formato | Capa mole |
| Número de páginas | 256 |
| Peso (kg) | 0,300 |
| Data de Publicação | 25/07/2024 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 13,92 |
| Imposto | € 0,84 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 14,76 |
| Disponibilidade | 19 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
Ilka Weisz is in need not just of friends but ''elective cousins''. She has left her home in New York to accept a junior teaching post at the prestigious Concordance Institute, a liberal college in bucolic Connecticut. But how can she, a Jewish refugee from Vienna, find a new set to belong to - a surrogate family? Might the Shakespeares - the institute''s director and his wry, acerbic wife - hold the key?In these interlinked New Yorker stories, Lore Segal evokes the comic melancholy of the outsider and the ineffectual ambitions of a progressive, predominantly WASP-ish institution. Tragedy and loss haunt characters as they plan an academic symposium on genocide, while their privileged lives contrast starkly with those on a derelict housing project next door. Includes the acclaimed New Yorker podcast story, "The Reverse Bug".