Windows on the World

Informationen zum Autor Frederic Beigbeder was born in 1965 and lives in Paris. He works as a publisher, literary critic and broadcaster. He is the author of Windows on the World which won the 2005 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Klappentext A daring, moving fictional account of the last moments of a father and his two sons atop the World Trade Centre on September 11. Zusammenfassung A daring, moving fictional account of the last moments of a father and his two sons atop the World Trade Centre on September 11.

Report

'Powerful...the combination of banality and panic is quietly devastating. Affecting and disconcerting' Financial Times
'Beigbeder has set himself a mammoth task. Foreknowledge of the outcome removes any narrative tension and reality has outstripped fiction. Given these constraints, the author is remarkably successful.' Sunday Express
'Beigbeder's gripping apocalyptic novel...it is, on all levels, a stunning read.' Publisher's Weekly
'Beigbeder brings this off thanks to his electrifying intelligence and vaulting leaps of sympathy with all the victims - in the tower, the planes, and the unjust world beyond New York.' Independent

Product details

• Authors: Frederic Beigbeder, Frédéric Beigbeder
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.09.2005
• EAN: 9780007184705
• ISBN: 978-0-00-718470-5
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Harper Collins Paperbacks; Harper Collins Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; New York, FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, True war & combat stories, Autobiography: general, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Psychological, 21st Century, Autobiography: historical, political & military, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, General & world history, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Reportage & collected journalism, c 1000 CE to c 1500, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, General and world history, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, FICTION / Humorous / Dark Humor