Avalon

Informationen zum Autor Nell Zink left Southern California for eastern Virginia in 1972, aged eight. After completing a B.A. in philosophy at the College of William and Mary, she worked mostly as a secretary, with stints in masonry, technical writing, and translating. Her books include The Wallcreeper, Mislaid, Private Novelist , Nicotine , and Doxology , and her writing has appeared in n+1 , Granta, and Harper's Magazine . Klappentext The new novel from one of America's most original voices. A blackly funny and profoundly singular Cinderella story about a young woman finding her place in the world: she knows how to survive, but now she must learn how to live. A short and classic coming-of-age tale - but with an edge; this is voice-driven and fresh literary fiction. Vorwort The new novel from one of America's most original voices-a wild, blackly funny story of female emancipation and the journey to one's own utopia. Zusammenfassung She spends her days tending plants, slogging through high school and imagining what life could be if she had been born to a different family. Then she meets Peter - a charming, troubled college student from the East Coast - who launches his teaching career by initiating her into the world of art.

Product details

• Authors: Nell Zink, Zink Nell
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.08.2023
• EAN: 9780571376964
• ISBN: 978-0-571-37696-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Women, FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Literary, Humorous fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Dystopian and utopian fiction