A Gate at the Stairs av Lorrie Moore

169,-

Kjøp

<p><b>''You can sit back and have the time of your life reading <i>A Gate at the Stairs.'' Observer</i></b><b><br>¿One of the funniest writers alive¿ Dave Eggers<br>¿Hilarious and distressing, entertaining and wise'' Roddy Doyle<br>''Moore¿s a writer you don¿t quit.¿ <i>Guardian</i><br></b><br>***SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION***<br><br><b>A startlingly funny, inventive novel from one of America''s most brilliant writers. </b><br><br>With America quietly gearing up for war in the Middle East, twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, a ''half-Jewish'' farmer''s daughter from the plains of the Midwest, has come to university - escaping her provincial home to encounter the complex world of culture and politics.<br><br>When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious and glamorous, Tassie is drawn into the life of their newly-adopted child and increasingly complicated household. As her past becomes increasingly alien to her - her parents seem older whe