Bullfighting

Informationen zum Autor Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of twelve acclaimed novels including The Commitments , The Snapper , The Van and Smile , two collections of short stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha . Klappentext Bullfighting moves from classrooms to graveyards local pubs to bullrings; featuring an array of men at their working day and at rest taking stock and reliving past glories. Each is concerned with loss in different ways - of their place in the world of power virility love - of the boom days and the Celtic Tiger. Brilliantly observed funny and moving the stories in Bullfighting present a new vision of contemporary Ireland of its woes and triumphs. Zusammenfassung Each is concerned with loss in different ways - of their place in the world, of power, virility, love - of the boom days and the Celtic Tiger. Brilliantly observed, funny and moving, the stories in Bullfighting present a new vision of contemporary Ireland, of its woes and triumphs.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Roddy Doyle
• Edition: Vintage UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 01.06.2012
• EAN: 9780099555629
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955562-9
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Thèmes: VINTAGE BOOKS; Vintage; Vintage
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short Stories, Ireland