Titre : | Black Swan Green : a novel | Type de document : | texte imprimé | Auteurs : | David Mitchell (1969-....), Auteur | Editeur : | Random House | Année de publication : | 2007 | Importance : | 294 p | Format : | 21 cm | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-8129-7401-0 | Langues : | Anglais Langues originales : Anglais | Résumé : | Black Swan Green tracks a single year in what is, for thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in a dying Cold War England, 1982. But the thirteen chapters, each a short story in its own right, create an exquisitely observed world that is anything but sleepy. A world of Kissingeresque realpolitik enacted in boys’ games on a frozen lake; of “nightcreeping” through the summer backyards of strangers; of the tabloid-fueled thrills of the Falklands War and its human toll; of the cruel, luscious Dawn Madden and her power-hungry boyfriend, Ross Wilcox; of a certain Madame Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck, an elderly bohemian emigré who is both more and less than she appears; of Jason’s search to replace his dead grandfather’s irreplaceable smashed watch before the crime is discovered; of first cigarettes, first kisses, first Duran Duran LPs, and first deaths; of Margaret Thatcher’s recession; of Gypsies camping in the woods and the hysteria they inspire; and, even closer to home, of a slow-motion divorce in four seasons. | Nature du document : | Roman | Genre : | Historique/Psychologique/Sentimental |
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