The Eleventh Hour
Dazzling new short stories from Salman Rushdie that transport us around the world from Bombay neighbourhoods to elite English universities'Boisterous... Full of panache' Sunday Times<BR><BR> If old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour.<BR><BR> Two quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy during national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire. In an English university college, an undead academic asks a lonely student to avenge his former tormentor.<BR><BR> These five dazzling works of fiction move between the three countries that Salman Rushdie has called home - India, England and America - and explore what it means to approach the eleventh hour of life.<BR><BR> 'One of the most important voices in contemporary literature' Independent<BR><BR>'Exuberant' The Times<BR><BR>'Salman Rushdie is a genius' A.M. Homes<BR><BR>'Entertaining and winningly heartfelt' Daily Telegraph<BR><BR>*A BOOK OF THE YEAR for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Financial Times, Economist and New Yorker*<BR>
Mehr anzeigenSofort verfügbar, Lieferzeit: 1-3 Tage
Nur noch wenige Artikel verfügbar!
Weitere Infos zum Zustand
16,20 €
Preise inkl. MwSt. zzgl. Versandkosten
14 Tage Zufriedenheitsgarantie
Risikofrei bestellen
Geprüfte Gebrauchtware
Einzeln geprüft
Produktinformationen "The Eleventh Hour"
Anmelden
Versandkostenfrei ab 29 €
14 Tage Rückgaberecht - Kein Risiko
Geprüfte Gebrauchtware