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FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CATHERINE LACEY
'A work of dizzying intensity . . . an intriguing and sure-handed debut ' Don DeLillo

'Brilliant . . . a dark, mesmerising debut' Independent on Sunday

'Hustvedt has pulled off nothing less than a re-mapping of the modern feminist psyche' Daily Telegraph

Iris Vegan, a graduate student living alone and impoverished in New York, encounters four strong characters who fascinate and in different ways subordinate her: an inscrutable urban recluse who employs her to record the possessions of a murdered woman; a photographer whose eerie portrait of Iris takes on a life of its own; an old woman in hospital who tries to claim a remnant of the ailing Iris; and a professor she has an affair with. An exploration of female identity in an age when the old definitions - as some man's daughter/wife/mother - no longer apply, fuelled with eroticism and a sense of menace.

'Attests to Hustvedt's thoroughly original style and her lucid contemporary voice . . . the announcement of a talented writer's arrival' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

PRAISE FOR SIRI HUSTVEDT:

'Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom' Salman Rushdie

'One of our finest novelists' Oliver Sacks

'Reading a Hustvedt novel is like consuming the best of David Lynch' Financial Times

'Few contemporary writers are as satisfying and stimulating to read as Siri Hustvedt' Washington Post
FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CATHERINE LACEY
'A work of dizzying intensity . . . an intriguing and sure-handed debut ' Don DeLillo

'Brilliant . . . a dark, mesmerising debut' Independent on Sunday

'Hustvedt has pulled off nothing less than a re-mapping of the modern feminist psyche' Daily Telegraph

Iris Vegan, a graduate student living alone and impoverished in New York, encounters four strong characters who fascinate and in different ways subordinate her: an inscrutable urban recluse who employs her to record the possessions of a murdered woman; a photographer whose eerie portrait of Iris takes on a life of its own; an old woman in hospital who tries to claim a remnant of the ailing Iris; and a professor she has an affair with. An exploration of female identity in an age when the old definitions - as some man's daughter/wife/mother - no longer apply, fuelled with eroticism and a sense of menace.

'Attests to Hustvedt's thoroughly original style and her lucid contemporary voice . . . the announcement of a talented writer's arrival' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

PRAISE FOR SIRI HUSTVEDT:

'Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom' Salman Rushdie

'One of our finest novelists' Oliver Sacks

'Reading a Hustvedt novel is like consuming the best of David Lynch' Financial Times

'Few contemporary writers are as satisfying and stimulating to read as Siri Hustvedt' Washington Post
Über den Autor
Siri Hustvedt
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 221 S.
ISBN-13: 9780340581230
ISBN-10: 0340581239
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hustvedt, Siri
Auflage: New edition
Hersteller: Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.
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Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 196 x 127 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Siri Hustvedt
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.11.2004
Gewicht: 0,16 kg
Artikel-ID: 101307626

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