Julian Barnes: England, England, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

'A brilliant piece of satire' ( Observer ) from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes

Beschreibung

'A brilliant piece of satire' Observer

As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of White. Grotesque, visionary tycoon Sir Jack Pitman takes the saying literally and does exactly that. He constructs on the island 'The Project', a vast heritage centre containing everything 'English', from Big Ben to Stonehenge, from Manchester United to the white Cliffs of Dover. The project is monstrous, risky, and vastly successful. In fact, it gradually begins to rival 'Old' England and even threatens to supersede it...

One of Barnes's finest and funniest novels, England, England calls into question the idea of replicas, truth vs. fiction, reality vs. art, nationhood, myth-making, and self-exploration.

'A brilliant, Swiftian fantasy' The Economist

'There is no more intelligent writer on the literary scene. In this novel, he is also moving. He has written nothing more poignant and enticing' Sunday Times

'A very funny satire about England and the world' Wall Street Journal

Rezension

"Runs at glorious full tilt...delightful stuff" John Carey Independent

Klappentext

There's not much worse than having to go back to school after the holidays. Except perhaps if you return and there's graffiti all over the school! And then a flea epidemic! But at least they have the Founder's Feast to look forward to. Things are getting pretty hairy for the students of the Mammoth Academy... The heaviest snowfall in history means lots of hungry humans and soon the Academy is surrounded. How will they get out of this one?