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You Deserve Nothing
Alexander Maksik
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Description for You Deserve Nothing
Paperback. Dark, compelling story of an illicit affair between a young teacher and his female student for fans of Donna Tartt Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
Set in an international high school in Paris, YOU DESERVE NOTHING is told in three voices: that of Will, a charismatic young teacher who brings ideas alive in the classroom in a way that profoundly affects his students; Gilad, one of Will's students who has grown up behind compound walls in places like Dakar and Dubai, and for whom Paris and Will's senior seminar are the first heady tastes of freedom; and Marie, the beautiful, vulnerable senior with whom, unbeknowst to Gilad, Will is having an illicit affair. Utterly compelling, brilliantly written, YOU DESERVE NOTHING is a captivating tale about teachers and students, of moral uncertainties and the coming of adulthood. It heralds the arrival of a brilliant new voice in fiction.
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
225g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848545724
SKU
V9781848545724
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Ref
99-10
About Alexander Maksik
Alexander Maksik is the recipient of a Truman Capote fellowship and a Teaching/Writing fellowship from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His work has been published in many literary magazines. This is his first novel.
Reviews for You Deserve Nothing
'An extraordinary read'
Red Magazine
'An extraordinary read'
Red Magazine
'A gorgeous, troubling, unflinching book, as honest and rich a depiction of life's contradictions as I've encountered in many years'
Ben Fountain
'A provocative, constantly surprising, and original novel written with precision and grace. [A] thrilling debut'
Susanna Moore
'Superb'
Sunday Times
'You Deserve Nothing .... reminds the reader how powerful ideas and literature can be - not just by creating a memorably complex character in Will, but with some stunning prose of its own as well'
Independent on Sunday
'Rivetingly plotted and beautifully written'
New York Times
'Deftly evokes the beauty and pathos of Paris...This is a book to be read all at once with a glass of wine in a cafe or a cup of tea while tucked safely in bed'
A.M. Homes
Just the right amount of melancholy and, yes, even romance
Daily Telegraph
'A hugely satisfying and thought-provoking novel...There are echoes of The Secret History but You Deserve Nothing may be even more immediately appealing'
Daily Mail
'One of the most engaged reads I've had in years'
Alice Sebold
Red Magazine
'An extraordinary read'
Red Magazine
'A gorgeous, troubling, unflinching book, as honest and rich a depiction of life's contradictions as I've encountered in many years'
Ben Fountain
'A provocative, constantly surprising, and original novel written with precision and grace. [A] thrilling debut'
Susanna Moore
'Superb'
Sunday Times
'You Deserve Nothing .... reminds the reader how powerful ideas and literature can be - not just by creating a memorably complex character in Will, but with some stunning prose of its own as well'
Independent on Sunday
'Rivetingly plotted and beautifully written'
New York Times
'Deftly evokes the beauty and pathos of Paris...This is a book to be read all at once with a glass of wine in a cafe or a cup of tea while tucked safely in bed'
A.M. Homes
Just the right amount of melancholy and, yes, even romance
Daily Telegraph
'A hugely satisfying and thought-provoking novel...There are echoes of The Secret History but You Deserve Nothing may be even more immediately appealing'
Daily Mail
'One of the most engaged reads I've had in years'
Alice Sebold