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Milkman A Novel
Milkman A Novel
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Description: Winner of the Man Booker Prize Everything about this novel rings true . Original funny disarmingly oblique and unique. The Guardian In an unnamed city middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She reads while walking for one. And she has been taking French night classes downtown. So when a local paramilitary known as the milkman begins pursuing her she suddenly becomes interesting the last thing she ever wanted to be. Despite middle sister's attempts to avoid him and to keep her mother from finding out about her maybe - boyfriend rumors spread and the threat of violence lingers. Milkman is a story of the way inaction can have enormous repercussions in a time when the wrong flag wrong religion or even a sunset can be subversive. Told with ferocious energy and sly wicked humor Milkman establishes Anna Burns as one of the most consequential voices of our day.
Title: Milkman A Novel
Author(s): Burns Anna
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Barcode: 9781644450000
Pages: 360 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 12/4/2018
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: Winner of the Man Booker Prize Everything about this novel rings true . Original funny disarmingly oblique and unique. The Guardian In an unnamed city middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She reads while walking for one. And she has been taking French night classes downtown. So when a local paramilitary known as the milkman begins pursuing her she suddenly becomes interesting the last thing she ever wanted to be. Despite middle sister's attempts to avoid him and to keep her mother from finding out about her maybe - boyfriend rumors spread and the threat of violence lingers. Milkman is a story of the way inaction can have enormous repercussions in a time when the wrong flag wrong religion or even a sunset can be subversive. Told with ferocious energy and sly wicked humor Milkman establishes Anna Burns as one of the most consequential voices of our day.
Title: Milkman A Novel
Author(s): Burns Anna
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Barcode: 9781644450000
Pages: 360 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 12/4/2018
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction