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Divorce is in the Air
Gonzalo Torne
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Description for Divorce is in the Air
Paperback. Joan-Marc's out of work, he's alone, he has a heart condition, his mother's addicted to pills, he can't stand his sister. Otherwise, life is beautiful. And there's a lot that his estranged second wife doesn't know about him. In this book, he sets out to tell her. Translator(s): McDowell, Megan. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 248 x 28. Weight in Grams: 486.
Joan-Marc's out of work, he's alone, he has a heart condition, his mother's addicted to pills, he can't stand his sister. Otherwise, life is beautiful. And there's a lot that his estranged second wife doesn't know about him. But in Divorce is in the Air he now sets out to tell her. He begins with the failure of his first marriage, describing a holiday taken in a last-ditch attempt to salvage a once passionate relationship. Recalling this ill-fated trip triggers a life-story's worth of flashbacks. From pivotal childhood scenes - ... Read more
Joan-Marc's out of work, he's alone, he has a heart condition, his mother's addicted to pills, he can't stand his sister. Otherwise, life is beautiful. And there's a lot that his estranged second wife doesn't know about him. But in Divorce is in the Air he now sets out to tell her. He begins with the failure of his first marriage, describing a holiday taken in a last-ditch attempt to salvage a once passionate relationship. Recalling this ill-fated trip triggers a life-story's worth of flashbacks. From pivotal childhood scenes - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846558757
SKU
V9781846558757
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About Gonzalo Torne
Gonzalo Torne is the author of two previous novels published in Spain, for which he won the Premio Jaen de Novela and was a finalist for the Premio Nacional de Narrativa. He has also translated work by William Wordsworth and John Ashbery into Spanish. He lives in Barcelona. Divorce is in the Air is translated ... Read more
Reviews for Divorce is in the Air
Scathingly funny
New York Times
One of the most accomplished stylists of his generation ... the novel reads almost like a Catalan lad-lit mash-up with writers of the American tradition of Updike, Roth or Bellow
New York Times Book Review
A book so believable that even when it is at its most ... Read more
New York Times
One of the most accomplished stylists of his generation ... the novel reads almost like a Catalan lad-lit mash-up with writers of the American tradition of Updike, Roth or Bellow
New York Times Book Review
A book so believable that even when it is at its most ... Read more