Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2005 |
Seiten | 352 |
Format | 13,3 x 20,1 x 2,2 cm |
Gewicht | 246 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0099433494 |
EAN | 9780099433491 |
Bestell-Nr | 09943349EA |
Was wäre für uns das Paradies? Die große Liebe, toller Sex, ewiger Frieden? Oder einfach nur der nächste Drink? Hannah ist auf der Suche - sie will verstehen, was ihr fehlt, was sie unglücklich und einsam macht und sie zur Trinkerin werden lässt.
Kurzbeschreibung:
'A brave and uncompromising book that lingers in the mind, Paradise is A. L. Kennedy on top form' Independent
Klappentext:
Almost forty and with nothing to show for it, Hannah Luckraft is starting to notice that her lifestyle is not entirely sustainable: her subconscious is turning against her, her soul is a little unwell. Her family is wounded, her friends are odd, her body is not as reliable as it once was and her drinking is frankly out of hand. Robert, a dissolute dentist, appears to offer a love she can understand, but he may only be one more symptom of the problem she must cure. From the north-east of Scotland to Dublin, from London to Montreal, to Budapest and onwards, Hannah travels in search of the ultimate altered state: the one where she can be happy - her paradise.
Paradise is a compelling examination of failure that is also a comic triumph, a novel of dark extremes that is full of the most ravishing lyrical beauty.
Rezension:
"A brave and uncompromising book that lingers in the mind, Paradise is A.L. Kennedy on top form" Independent