The escape

Informationen zum Autor Adam Thirlwell was born in London in 1978. The author of three previous novels, his work has been translated into thirty languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books , and he is an advisory editor of the Paris Review . His awards include a Somerset Maugham Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has twice been selected by Granta as one of their Best of Young British Novelists. Klappentext 'The more I knew of Haffner!' writes Adam Thirlwell in The Escape! 'the more real he became! this was true. And! simultaneously! Haffner disappeared.'In a forgotten spa town snug in the Alps! at the end of the twentieth century! Haffner is seeking a cure! more women! and a villa that belonged to his late wife. Zusammenfassung 'The more I knew of Haffner,' writes Adam Thirlwell in The Escape, 'the more real he became, this was true. And, simultaneously, Haffner disappeared.'In a forgotten spa town snug in the Alps, at the end of the twentieth century, Haffner is seeking a cure, more women, and a villa that belonged to his late wife.

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Adam Thirlwell

Product details

• Authors: Adam Thirlwell, Alan Thirlwell, Thirlwell Adam
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.08.2010
• EAN: 9780099539834
• ISBN: 978-0-09-953983-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Humorous / General, Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, comedy; martin amis; roth; alps; bellow; augie march