Julian Barnes

The Porcupine

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Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 686276
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 129mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 118g
• ISBN-13: 9780099540144
• ISBN-10: 0099540142
• Artikelnr.: 26605095

Autorenporträt

Julian Barnes is the author of fourteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Booker Prize for Fiction, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and four works of non-fiction, including the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life and Nothing to Be Frightened Of. He was awarded the David Cohen Prize for lifetime contribution to literature in 2011, and the Légion d'Honneur in 2017.

Rezensionen

Critics have overlooked his tenderness, underestimated his intelligence, and denied his wisdom... The Porcupine is a superbly accomplished novella Nick Hornby