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* Shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2014* *Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction* Reno mounts her motorcycle and sets a collision course for New York. In 1977 the city is alive with art, sensuality and danger. She falls in with a bohemian clique colonising downtown and the lines between reality and performance begin to bleed. A passionate affair with the scion of an Italian tyre empire carries Reno to Milan, where she is swept along by the radical left and drawn into a spiral of violence and betrayal. The Flamethrowers is an audacious novel that explores the perplexing allure of femininity, fakery and fear. In Reno we encounter a heroine like no other. Best Books of the Year: * Guardian * New York Times * The Times * Observer * Financial Times * New Yorker * Telegraph * Slate * Oprah * Vogue * Time * Scotsman * Evening Standard * Shortlisted for the National Book Awards 2013
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The Flamethrowers. Flammenwerfer, englische Ausgabe, Rachel Kushner
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- Année de publication
- 2014
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- Titre
- The Flamethrowers. Flammenwerfer, englische Ausgabe
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Rachel Kushner
- Éditeur
- Random House UK
- Publié
- 2014
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN10
- 0099586983
- ISBN13
- 9780099586982
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Thème historique, Amour, Famille, Littérature contemporaine, États-Unis, Relations, Meurtres, Europe du Sud, Italie, Roman social, New York, Enlèvements, Infidélité, Sport motocycliste
- Titre original
- The flamethrowers
- Évaluation
- 3,5 sur 5
- Description
- * Shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2014* *Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction* Reno mounts her motorcycle and sets a collision course for New York. In 1977 the city is alive with art, sensuality and danger. She falls in with a bohemian clique colonising downtown and the lines between reality and performance begin to bleed. A passionate affair with the scion of an Italian tyre empire carries Reno to Milan, where she is swept along by the radical left and drawn into a spiral of violence and betrayal. The Flamethrowers is an audacious novel that explores the perplexing allure of femininity, fakery and fear. In Reno we encounter a heroine like no other. Best Books of the Year: * Guardian * New York Times * The Times * Observer * Financial Times * New Yorker * Telegraph * Slate * Oprah * Vogue * Time * Scotsman * Evening Standard * Shortlisted for the National Book Awards 2013