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Лучшие книги Блейка Моррисона
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The Last Weekend Blake Morrison
ISBN: 9780701184841 Год издания: 2014 Язык: Английский Set over a long weekend in East Anglia, Blake Morrison's new novel is the chilling story of a rivalrous friendship - as told with deceptive casualness by the narrator, Ian. It opens with a surprise phone call from an old university friend, inviting Ian and his wife, Em, for a few days by the sea. Their hosts, Ollie and Daisy, are a golden couple, and the scene is set for sunlit relaxation. But dangerous tensions quickly emerge. In taut, lucid prose, with flashes of wit and moments of troubling uncertainty, Blake Morrison perfectly conveys the stifling atmosphere of a remote cottage in the hottest days of summer. Ominous revelations from Ian's past slowly intrude. And his rivalry with Ollie intensifies as they resurrect a seemingly forgotten bet made twenty years before. Each day becomes a series of challenges for higher and higher stakes, setting in train actions that will have irreversible consequences. The Last Weekend is a deftly crafted page-turner, where little can be taken for granted and nothing is quite as it seems. It offers a dark, haunting tale of friendship, sexual passion and jealousy - and confirms Blake Morrison's reputation as one of Britain's most talented writers. -
And When Did You Last See Your Father? Blake Morrison
ISBN: 978-1862079786 Год издания: 2007 Издательство: Granta Books Язык: Английский Morrison's memoir of the life and death of his father was one of the best-reviewed book of 1995, and promises to be an enduring classic of family literature--a book that explores the deepest emotions of being a father and a son. "Mr. Morrison holds up before our gaze a small but vivid piece of reality, bringing it close enough to touch."--New York Times Book Review. -
Things My Mother Never Told Blake Morrison
ISBN: 978-0099440727 Год издания: 2003 Издательство: Vintage Books USA Язык: Английский In his masterpiece of family literature, And When Did you Last See Your Father?, Blake Morrison's mother appears as an intriguing but mostly silent figure. This is her startling and touching story - and a son's search to discover the truth about the remarkable Kerry girl who qualified as a doctor in Dublin in 1942, worked in British hospitals throughout the war, and then reinvented herself again to adapt to a quieter post-war family life. At the heart of the book there's a passionate wartime love affair, seen through the frank, funny, furious letters his parents wrote during their courtship. It evokes a surprising picture of life and love in WWII. From the obstacles the lovers faced, to their moments of hilarity and joy Things My Mother Never Told Me is a revealing and poignant anatomy of family conflict, love, war, and finally marriage. Kim Morrison emerges quietly, magically from the shadows, a determined heroine for our times. -
Camp Cuba Blake Morrison
ISBN: 978-0146002304 Год издания: 1996 Издательство: Penguin Books Ltd Язык: Английский