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Jen Beagin

    Jen Beaginová píše o postavách na okraji spoločnosti, ktoré sa snažia nájsť svoje miesto vo svete. Jej štýl je prenikavý a vtipný, často sa zameriava na temné aspekty života s nečakaným humorom. Jej diela skúmajú zložité medziľudské vzťahy a snahu o autenticitu v nejednoznačnom svete. Beaginová prináša jedinečný pohľad na ľudskú skúsenosť prostredníctvom svojich neobyčajných postáv.

    Vacuum in the Dark
    Big Swiss
    Pretend I'm Dead
    • Big Swiss

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      "Wild...hilarious...so good." --Cosmopolitan, Best Books of the Year * "A laugh-out-loud bad romance for Gen Xers and an ode to misfits who just want to belong." --Oprah Daily * "Always interesting...too fun to stop." --Vanity Fair "One of the funniest books of the last few years" (Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapist's transcriptionist and her affair with one of the patients. Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss. One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss's voice in town and they quickly become enmeshed. While Big Swiss is unaware

      Big Swiss2023
      3,7
    • Vacuum in the Dark

      • 240 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      From the Whiting Award-winning author of Pretend I'm Dead comes a new hilarious, edgy, and brilliant one-of-a kind novel, for fans of Sally Rooney and Joshua Ferris

      Vacuum in the Dark2020
      3,6
    • Mary Karr meets Miranda July in this hilarious debut about a young woman's quest for self-acceptance and belonging

      Pretend I'm Dead2018
      3,8