Viac o knihe
Last Orders is the story of four men once close to London butcher Jack Dodds, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. The men, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack and their favourite pub, must make their way down to a seaside town to complete the task. Through conversation and memory they trace the paths they have followed by choice and by accident; through the Second World War and its aftermath, through the dramas of family life, and their relationships with each other. In their brilliantly realized, richly nuanced voices, Swift has created a narrative language that perfectly expresses not only the comforts of old habits and friendships, but also the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.
Platobné metódy
Tu nám chýba tvoja recenzia
- Titul
- Last Orders
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Graham Swift
- Vydavateľ
- Vintage Canada
- Rok vydania
- 1997
- Väzba
- mäkká
- Počet strán
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0679308571
- ISBN13
- 9780679308577
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletria, Historické téma, Rodina, Súčasná literatúra, Priateľstvo, 20. storočie, Britská literatúra, Úmrtia, Anglicko, Veľká Británia, Anglická literatúra, Sfilmované, Londýn, Truchlenie, Rozchod, Rozlúčenie, Rakovina, nádory, Bookerova cena
- Prvé vydanie
- 1996
- Pôvodný názov
- Last Orders
- Hodnotenie
- 3,7 z 5
- Anotácia
- Last Orders is the story of four men once close to London butcher Jack Dodds, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. The men, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack and their favourite pub, must make their way down to a seaside town to complete the task. Through conversation and memory they trace the paths they have followed by choice and by accident; through the Second World War and its aftermath, through the dramas of family life, and their relationships with each other. In their brilliantly realized, richly nuanced voices, Swift has created a narrative language that perfectly expresses not only the comforts of old habits and friendships, but also the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.