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Lost Words (2016)
EN NW EB DL
ISBN: 9780811224772 bzw. 0811224775, in Englisch, New Directions, New Directions, New Directions, neu, E-Book, elektronischer Download.
Lieferung aus: Deutschland, in-stock.
Winner of the Viareggio Prize, a vivid portrait of Italy on the brink of social upheaval in the 1970s. Inside an apartment building on the outskirts of Milan, the working-class residents gossip, quarrel, and conspire against each other. Viewed through the eyes of Chino, an impressionable thirteen-year-old boy whose mother is the doorwoman of the building, the world contained within these walls is tiny, hypocritical, and mean-spirited: a constant struggle. Chino finds escape in reading. One day, a new resident, Amelia Lynd, moves in and quickly becomes an unlikely companion and a formative influence on Chino. Ms. Lynd-an elderly, erudite British woman-comes to nurture his taste in literature, introduces him to the life of the mind, and offers a counterpoint to the only version of reality that he's known. On one level, Lost Words is an engrossing coming-of-age tale set in the seventies, when Italy was going through tumultuous social changes, and on another, it is a powerful meditation on language, literature, and culture.
Winner of the Viareggio Prize, a vivid portrait of Italy on the brink of social upheaval in the 1970s. Inside an apartment building on the outskirts of Milan, the working-class residents gossip, quarrel, and conspire against each other. Viewed through the eyes of Chino, an impressionable thirteen-year-old boy whose mother is the doorwoman of the building, the world contained within these walls is tiny, hypocritical, and mean-spirited: a constant struggle. Chino finds escape in reading. One day, a new resident, Amelia Lynd, moves in and quickly becomes an unlikely companion and a formative influence on Chino. Ms. Lynd-an elderly, erudite British woman-comes to nurture his taste in literature, introduces him to the life of the mind, and offers a counterpoint to the only version of reality that he's known. On one level, Lost Words is an engrossing coming-of-age tale set in the seventies, when Italy was going through tumultuous social changes, and on another, it is a powerful meditation on language, literature, and culture.
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Lost Words (2016)
EN PB US
ISBN: 9780811224772 bzw. 0811224775, in Englisch, New Directions, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Free_State_Books.
Paperback, Label: New Directions, New Directions, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2016-01-26, Studio: New Directions.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Free_State_Books.
Paperback, Label: New Directions, New Directions, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2016-01-26, Studio: New Directions.
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