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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

Categorie	Engels
Boeknummer	#345247-XI17
Titel	Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Auteur	Packer, ZZ
Boektype	Paperback met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Canongate
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	1841954780
ISBN13	9781841954783
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	In her debut Packer dazzles with her command of language, surprising and delighting us with unexpected turns and indelible images as she takes us into the lives of characters on the periphery, unsure of where they belong. The title story describes a Yale freshman's alienation as a black, motherless loner trying to come to terms with her radically unfamiliar surroundings. 'Speaking in Tongues' follows 14-year-old church girl Tia as she runs away to the big city in search of the mother who abandoned her, and 'The Ant of the Self' features a bright young man's last-ditch attempt to understand his loser father on a trip to the Million Man March in Washington DC. Teeming with life, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a collection that explores what it is to be human. Never neatly resolved, these provo... (Lees verder)cative and unforgettable stories resonate with honesty and wry humour and introduce us to a major new talent. ZZ Packer is the real thing.
Pagina's	238
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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