Over Seventy / Книга на Английском; Everyman, 2014
685 грн.
- Издатель: Everyman
- ISBN: 9781841591940
EAN: 9781841591940
- Книги: Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке
- ID: 12049862
Описание
When is an autobiography not an autobiography? When the author is P. G. Wodehouse.
Over Seventy purports to be a series of answers to stray questions about ageing given by a rambling old gentleman full of irrelevant anecdote and wise saws, but when the rambling old gentleman in question happens to be P. G. Wodehouse we know that this persona is a shrewd literary strategy. Underneath the strategy, Wodehouse's feeling for literary form and his nose for comedy are as strong as ever.
Presenting himself as a traditional Englishman who deplores the baring of souls - and doubts if he has a soul of his own to bare - Wodehouse neatly sidesteps difficult biographical questions in favour of self deprecating humour and comic vignette. But if Over Seventy is deliberately evasive, its very discretion tells us a lot more about one of the most celebrated twentieth-century writers. A charming and very funny book which reveals more than it tells.
Характеристики (15)
Параметр | Значение |
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Автор(ы) | Wodehouse Pelham Grenville |
Издатель | Everyman |
Год издания | 2014 |
Серия | Everyman`s Library P. G. Wodehouse |
ISBN | 9781841591940 |
Обложка | твердый переплёт, суперобложка |
Кол-во страниц | 224 |
Оформление обложки | суперобложка |
Издательство | Everyman |
Возрастное ограничение | 16+ |
Количество книг | 1 |
Тип обложки | твердая |
Количество страниц | 224 |
Вес | 0.32 |
Жанр | проза на иностранном языке |
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