The God of Chance (Bog, Paperback, Engelsk) af Kirsten Thorup

The God of Chance (Bog, Paperback, Engelsk)

Af: Kirsten Thorup


Forlag: Norvik Press

  • Type: Bog
  • Format: Paperback
  • Sprog: Engelsk Sprog: Engelsk
  • ISBN-13: 9781909408036
  • Udgivelsesdato: 01-10-2013
  • Oplagsdato: 01-10-2013
  • Første udgivelsesår: 2013
  • Sideantal: 294
  • Indbinding: Paperback
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294 sider, paperback. The God of Chance focuses on the relationship between Ana, a high-flying Danish career woman from the international finance sector whose work is her life, and the young teenager Mariama, two women whose circumstances are completely different. Ana first meets Mariama selling snacks on a beach in Gambia, and the girl gradually becomes a substitute for the family she has never had. The novel moves to Copenhagen and then to London as Ana brings Mariama to Europe to be educated; the girl finds the cultural shock and living with Ana intensely difficult, whilst Ana's obsession with her leads to her own carefully controlled life descending into chaos. The story depicts the gulf between European affluence and Third World poverty; it explores our dependence on money, our need to be in control in every situation, and the problematic relationship between sponsor or donor and recipient. The scene moves from colourful depictions of life in a luxury hotel in Africa, cheek by jowl with desperate poverty, to elite designer flats in Copenhagen, and finally the bustling multicultural community on the streets of London.

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