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Shriver Lionel
Shriver Lionel - The Post - Birthday World A Novel - Paperback
Shriver Lionel - The Post - Birthday World A Novel - Paperback
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Description: Complex and nervy Shriver's clever meditation will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered how things might have turned out had they followed or ignored a life - changing impulse. People (Critic's Choice) This dazzling novel from the Orange Prize winning author of the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin takes a psychological and deeply human look at love and volition Does the course of life hinge on a single kiss? Whether the American expatriate Irena Mc Govern does or doesn t lean into a certain pair of lips in London will determine whether she stays with her smart disciplined intellectual American partner Lawrence or runs off with Ramsey a wild exuberant British snooker star the couple has known for years. Employing a parallel - universe structure Shriver follows Irena's life as it unfolds under the influence of two drastically different men. In a tour de force that remarkably has no villains Shriver explores the implications both large and small of our choice of mate a subject of timeless universal fascination for both sexes.
Title: The Post - Birthday World A Novel
Author(s): Shriver Lionel
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780061187896
Pages: 544 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/26/2008
Description: Complex and nervy Shriver's clever meditation will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered how things might have turned out had they followed or ignored a life - changing impulse. People (Critic's Choice) This dazzling novel from the Orange Prize winning author of the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin takes a psychological and deeply human look at love and volition Does the course of life hinge on a single kiss? Whether the American expatriate Irena Mc Govern does or doesn t lean into a certain pair of lips in London will determine whether she stays with her smart disciplined intellectual American partner Lawrence or runs off with Ramsey a wild exuberant British snooker star the couple has known for years. Employing a parallel - universe structure Shriver follows Irena's life as it unfolds under the influence of two drastically different men. In a tour de force that remarkably has no villains Shriver explores the implications both large and small of our choice of mate a subject of timeless universal fascination for both sexes.
Title: The Post - Birthday World A Novel
Author(s): Shriver Lionel
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780061187896
Pages: 544 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/26/2008