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Worlds collide, relationships fragment and the dark underbelly of the American dream is exposed. A transsexual prostitute accidentally propositions his own father; a senator's serial infidelities leave him in hot water; two young lovers spend Christmas together high on different drugs. McInerney's characters struggle together in a shifting world where old certainties dissolve and nobody can be sure of where they stand. HOW IT ENDED is a powerful, funny and moving collection by one of the great storytellers of our time. 'Metropolitan, middle-class young people grow up to learn that their triumphs will be hollow and their relationships false. McInerney flourishes amid the desolation: a kind of breezy, upbeat tone informs these dry, sardonic meditations on worldliness' ESQUIRE
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How It Ended, Jay McInerney
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2001
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- (souple)
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- Titre
- How It Ended
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Jay McInerney
- Publié
- 2001
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN10
- 0747553564
- ISBN13
- 9780747553564
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Nouvelles, Littérature américaine, New York
- Évaluation
- 3,5 sur 5
- Description
- Worlds collide, relationships fragment and the dark underbelly of the American dream is exposed. A transsexual prostitute accidentally propositions his own father; a senator's serial infidelities leave him in hot water; two young lovers spend Christmas together high on different drugs. McInerney's characters struggle together in a shifting world where old certainties dissolve and nobody can be sure of where they stand. HOW IT ENDED is a powerful, funny and moving collection by one of the great storytellers of our time. 'Metropolitan, middle-class young people grow up to learn that their triumphs will be hollow and their relationships false. McInerney flourishes amid the desolation: a kind of breezy, upbeat tone informs these dry, sardonic meditations on worldliness' ESQUIRE