Forfatter fødeår: 1969
Exciting early work by the Man Booker-shortlisted author, discussing Hergé's hugely popular children's books. McCarthy asks the question: is Tintin literature? and delves into a story of hushed-up royal descent in both Hergé's work and the family history of the author.
‘C’ er historien om Serge Carrefax, som vokser op i en usædvanlig familie i England i begyndelsen af det tyvende århundrede. Hans mor er døv, og hans far bruger sin tid på at eksperimentere med trådløs... Læs mere
‘C’ er historien om Serge Carrefax, som vokser op i en usædvanlig familie i England i begyndelsen af det tyvende århundrede. Hans mor er døv, og hans far bruger sin tid på at eksperimentere med trådløs... Læs mere
The third of four special publications to accompany a year-long display of works from Barcelona's "la Caixa" Collection at Whitechapel Gallery,... Læs mere
Film Tie-in edition to be published to coincide with the release of the film Remainder. Praised by Zadie Smith as "one of the great English novels of the past ten year", this edition contains a foreword by American scholar McKenzie Wark.
A prize-winning modern classic by the Man Booker shortlisted author Tom McCarthy. It contains a foreword by American scholar McKenzie Wark.
Follows the life of Serge Carrefax, a man who surges into the electric modernity of the early twentieth century, transfixed by the technologies that obliterate him. Born to the sound of one of the... Læs mere
spends his days procrastinating, meandering through endless buffer-zones of information and becoming obsessed by the images with which the world bombards him on a daily basis: oil spills, African traffic jams, roller-blade processions.