Letzte Runde

Swift Graham

ISBN 10: 0330347454 / ISBN 13: 9780330347457

Published by Bertelsmann, Rheda, 1997, 1997

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Gebundene Pappband - Ausgabe, illustrierter SchuU. 326 S. Zustand 1. .ist die Geschichte der tragikkomischen Pilgerfahrt von vier Freunden, die von London aus an die Küste fahren, um die Asche ihres verstorbenen Freundes ins Meer zu streuen.

Seller Inventory # ABE-248340160

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letzte Runde
• Publisher: Bertelsmann, Rheda, 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0330347454
• ISBN 13: 9780330347457
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr Gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Romane - Gesellschaft

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Synopsis

Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best known to herself, Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface the tale of a simple if increasingly bizarre day's outing, Last Orders is Graham Swift's most poignant exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.

Review

From the author of Waterland and Ever After, Last Orders is a quiet but dazzling novel about a group of men, friends since the Second World War, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack, and their favorite pub. When one of them dies, the survivors drive his ashes from London to a seaside town where they will be scattered, compelling them to take stock in who they are today, who they were before, and the shifting relationships in between. Both funny and moving, this won the Booker Prize in 1996.