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Informationen zum Autor David Flusfeder is the author of six novels: Man Kills Woman (1993), Like Plastic (1996), which won the Encore Award, Morocco (2001), The Gift (2003), The Pagan House (2007) and A Film by Spencer Ludwig (2010). Klappentext A black comedy where friends give generous gifts, causing even better gifts to be sent in return. ""The Gift" starts as a comedy of manners and turns into a deep and surreal exposition of the cruelty of generosity" Louisa Young, "Sunday Times". 'The Gift starts as a comedy of manners and turns into a deep and surreal exposition of the cruelty of generosity ... The perfect present for your successful friends.' Louisa Young, Sunday Times 'Few novels excite us enough to make us want to retell them to anyone willing to listen. The Gift is such a novel. With gentle literary grace and great authority, Flusfeder spins reality into a dream and back again.' Elena Lappin, Guardian 'A black comedy of rare originality ... thoughtful, amusing, wry ... it has the makings of a cult classic. Read it and read it again.' Simon Humphreys, Mail on Sunday 'This could be the perfect gift to answer all gifts.' Observer 'This fever dream of masculine anxiety and the bad manners of affluence resolves into something unexpectedly wise and generous: a complete story and a very good one.' Jonathan Franzen Zusammenfassung Problem: Best friends keep giving extremely generous giftsSolution: Give better ones in return
