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...Pokój bez książek jest jak ciało bez duszy...
Cyceron
Serdecznie witam na mojej aukcji.
Zapraszam do kupna książki:
HALF BROKEN THINGS
by
MORAG JOSS
Książka używana, w języku angielskim
Stan książki: db+++ (malutki wpis długopisem na pierwszej stronie)
Oprawa: miękka
Ilość stron: 296
Rok wydania: 2004
The Sunday Herald
'Joss is a writer to treasure'
The Literary Review - HBT
'Half broken things is sad, funny, original and wise'
Birmingham Post
'A first class psychological gripper'
Scotland on Sunday
'A fascinating moral exercise as well as a gripping novel'
What's On - Birmingham
'A literate and surprisingly lyrical read, as well as a mesmerising thriller'
Bath Chronicle
'Morag Joss writes with razor sharp, wry observation'
Jean, Michael and Steph are three reluctant loners who are getting by. Damaged and fearful of life, they cannot survive alone for much longer. A mixture of deceit, good luck and misfortune draw them together to Walden Manor, a secluded and gracious country house that promises sanctuary, freedom from failure and impending destitution.
Out of an invented past they shape a beautiful present, full of hope and happiness. And beguiled by the gentle passing of time itself, all three of them, for the first time in their lives, lose their dread of the future. If their sense of safety is built on a delusion, does it matter?
When the idyll is threatened, Jean, Michael and Steph discover that because their lives are now worth living they are also now worth preserving, although at appalling cost.
In this stunning novel, which explores what happens when the ‘have-nots’ strive to become the ‘haves’, Morag Joss combines thought-provoking, sometimes chilling moral complexity with humane and compelling story-telling. Half Broken Things is a dark story, richly told, about love and our need for it: the damage done when we go too long without it, and what people might be driven to do in its name.
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