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Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?: 'So marvellous that it often stops one in one's tracks.' OBSERVER (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A novel that follows the lives of two 11-year-olds intent on escaping childhood. As the strength of their friendship is tested repeatedly, they begin to take their first, exhilarating steps towards adulthood.
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Birds of America (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A collection of stories containing a range of emotional force and dark humour. It unfolds a series of portraits of the young, the hip, the lost, the unsettled and the unhinged of America.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Like Life (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this brilliant collection of stories Lorrie Moore addresses herself to a contemporary emotional dilemma - the widening gulf between men and women, and the simultaneous yearning for and fear of closeness.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Bark: 'Pretty much 100% brilliant.' The Times (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story AwardIn these eight masterful stories, Lorrie Moore explores the passing of time and summons up its inevitable sorrows and comic pitfalls.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
See What Can Be Done: Essays, Criticism, and Commentary (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Award-winning author Lorrie Moore has been writing criticism for over thirty years - and her forensically intelligent, witty and engaging essays are collected here for the first time.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
A Gate at the Stairs: 'Not a single sentence is wasted.’ Elizabeth Day (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, a 'half-Jewish' farmer's daughter from the plains of the Midwest, has come to university. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who... Læs mere
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Collected Stories (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
These humorous and poignant tales of lovers, loneliness, and never-quite-belonging, delivered in her characteristically knowing, wry voice, confirm Lorrie Moore as a master of the short story form.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Terrific Mother: Faber Stories (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore: 'An unadulterated delight.' OBSERVER (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Since the publication of "Self-Help", her first collection of stories, Lorrie Moore has been hailed as one of the greatest and most influential voices in American... Læs mere
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Self-Help: ‘One of America’s most brilliant writers.’ Stylist (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
'America's first lady of darkness and mirth.' Guardian'I'd rather spend time with her than anyone else on Earth.' Nicole Flattery'Lorrie Moore is one of my very favourite writers.' Monica HeiseyComplicated, awkward, funny, cruel, heartbroken, mysterious;
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home: 'The most irresistible contemporary American writer.' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
From one of the most celebrated imaginations in American literature, Lorrie Moore's new novel is a magic box of longing and surprise.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home: 'The most irresistible contemporary American writer.' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From one of the most celebrated imaginations in American literature, Lorrie Moore's new novel is a magic box of longing and surprise.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
