Verlag | Constable & Robinson |
Auflage | 2011 |
Seiten | 528 |
Format | 13,0 x 19,7 x 3,1 cm |
B-Format | |
Gewicht | 368 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 1780330995 |
EAN | 9781780330990 |
Bestell-Nr | 78033099UA |
The stunningly well praised second novel from Jennifer Egan the author of the bestselling A Visit from the Goon Squad, which also won the Pulitzer Prize.
Klappentext:
Reconstructive facial surgery after a car crash so alters Manhattan model Charlotte that, within the fashion world, where one's look is oneself, she is unrecognizable. Seeking a new image, Charlotte engages in an Internet experiment that may both save and damn her. As her story eerily converges with that of a plain, unhappy teenager - another Charlotte - it raises tantalizing questions about identity and reality in contemporary Western culture.
Jennifer Egan's bold, innovative novel, demonstrating her virtuosity at weaving a spellbinding, ambitious tale with language that dazzles, captures the spirit of our times and offers an unsettling glimpse of the future.
Rezension:
...a comic, richly imagined, and stunningly written exploration of the American obsession with self-invention. New Yorker