The Accidental
WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL OF THE YEAR<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE AWARD <BR><BR> 'Joyous' The Times<BR><BR> The Accidental pans in on the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family one hot summer. There a beguiling stranger called Amber appears at the door bearing all sorts of unexpected gifts, trampling over family boundaries and sending each of the Smarts scurrying from the dark into the light.<BR><BR> A novel about the ways that seemingly chance encounters irrevocably transform our understanding of ourselves, The Accidental explores the nature of truth, the role of fate and the power of storytelling.<BR><BR>*****<BR><BR>'Brilliant and engaging, frequently hilarious. . . Smith makes one look at the world afresh' Sunday Telegraph<BR><BR> 'Funny, sexy, poignant, bewitching' Observer<BR><BR>'A beguiling page-turner . . . To read The Accidental is to be excited from first to last' Independent
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WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL OF THE YEAR<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE AWARD <BR><BR> 'Joyous' The Times<BR><BR> The Accidental pans in on the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family one hot summer. There a beguiling stranger called Amber appears at the door bearing all sorts of unexpected gifts, trampling over family boundaries and sending each of the Smarts scurrying from the dark into the light.<BR><BR> A novel about the ways that seemingly chance encounters irrevocably transform our understanding of ourselves, The Accidental explores the nature of truth, the role of fate and the power of storytelling.<BR><BR>*****<BR><BR>'Brilliant and engaging, frequently hilarious. . . Smith makes one look at the world afresh' Sunday Telegraph<BR><BR> 'Funny, sexy, poignant, bewitching' Observer<BR><BR>'A beguiling page-turner . . . To read The Accidental is to be excited from first to last' Independent
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195 mm | 128 mm | 22 mm | 0.23 kg
Erscheinungsjahr
2006
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Penguin
ISBN-10
0141010398
ISBN-13
9780141010397
Autor
Ali Smith
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
320
Themen
Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, Norfolk
Keywords
TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen
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