random house uk ltd sep 1996 (8 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Einst hat Mickey Sabbath, der traurig-komische Held in Roths Roman, die Zuschauer am Broadway als Puppenspieler entz�ckt. Jetzt sind seine Finger steif von Arthrose, und er will sterben. In einem w�sten Bilderreigen zieht sein Leben an ihm vor�ber: eine Abfolge von erotischen Niederlagen und vermeintlichen Triumphen, seine Ehen und Liebschaften - ein obsz�nes Desaster. 'Das ist der Roman, auf den sich Philip Roth in seiner ganzen schriftstellerischen Laufbahn vorbereitet hat - komisch, unfl�tig, r�hrend, einfallsreich, tief. und, wie emp�rend die Vorkommnisse auch sein m�gen, seine zupackende unsentimentale Art zu schreiben versagt nie.' (The Times Literary Supplement.).

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - \*\* THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER \*\*\*\*A BBC BETWEEN COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ\*\*Go back to where it all began with the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series.'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' GuardianI believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means 'of Fred'. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist', Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -\*\* THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER \*\*\*\*A BBC BETWEEN COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ\*\*Go back to where it all began with the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series.'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' GuardianI believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means 'of Fred'. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist', Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other. 320 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -\*\* THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER \*\*\*\*A BBC BETWEEN COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ\*\*Go back to where it all began with the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series.'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' GuardianI believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means 'of Fred'. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist', Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other. 320 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Einst hat Mickey Sabbath, der traurig-komische Held in Roths Roman, die Zuschauer am Broadway als Puppenspieler entz�ckt. Jetzt sind seine Finger steif von Arthrose, und er will sterben. In einem w�sten Bilderreigen zieht sein Leben an ihm vor�ber: eine Abfolge von erotischen Niederlagen und vermeintlichen Triumphen, seine Ehen und Liebschaften - ein obsz�nes Desaster. 'Das ist der Roman, auf den sich Philip Roth in seiner ganzen schriftstellerischen Laufbahn vorbereitet hat - komisch, unfl�tig, r�hrend, einfallsreich, tief. und, wie emp�rend die Vorkommnisse auch sein m�gen, seine zupackende unsentimentale Art zu schreiben versagt nie.' (The Times Literary Supplement.) 483 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Einst hat Mickey Sabbath, der traurig-komische Held in Roths Roman, die Zuschauer am Broadway als Puppenspieler entz�ckt. Jetzt sind seine Finger steif von Arthrose, und er will sterben. In einem w�sten Bilderreigen zieht sein Leben an ihm vor�ber: eine Abfolge von erotischen Niederlagen und vermeintlichen Triumphen, seine Ehen und Liebschaften - ein obsz�nes Desaster. 'Das ist der Roman, auf den sich Philip Roth in seiner ganzen schriftstellerischen Laufbahn vorbereitet hat - komisch, unfl�tig, r�hrend, einfallsreich, tief. und, wie emp�rend die Vorkommnisse auch sein m�gen, seine zupackende unsentimentale Art zu schreiben versagt nie.' (The Times Literary Supplement.) 483 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable.Offred can remember the days before, when she lived and made love with her husband Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now. 320 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Billed as Roth's most successful and controversial novel since 'Portnoy's Complaint, Sabbath's Theater' features a characteristically libidinous protagonist, Mickey Sabbath, who, following the death of his mistress, embarks on a turbulent journey into his past.