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The judges on the panel of the Elysian Prize for Literature must get through hundreds of submissions to find the best book of the year. Meanwhile, a host of writers are desperate for Elysian attention: the brilliant writer and serial heartbreaker Katherine Burns; the lovelorn debut novelist Sam Black; and Bunjee, convinced that his magnum opus, The Mulberry Elephant, will take the literary world by storm. Things go terribly wrong when Katherine’s publisher accidentally submits a cookery book in place of her novel; one of the judges finds himself in the middle of a scandal; and Bunjee, aghast to learn his book isn’t on the short list, seeks revenge. Lost for Words is a witty, fabulously entertaining satire that cuts to the quick of some of the deepest questions about the place of art in our celebrity-obsessed culture, and asks how we can ever hope to recognize real talent when everyone has an agenda.
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Lost for Words, Edward St Aubyn
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2015
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- Titel
- Lost for Words
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Edward St Aubyn
- Verlag
- Picador
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2015
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 272
- ISBN10
- 1250069211
- ISBN13
- 9781250069214
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Kochbücher, Humor, Gegenwartsliteratur, Britische Literatur, England, Englische Literatur, Schottland, Über Bücher, Satire, Intrigen, Booker Preis
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2014
- Originaltitel
- Lost for Words
- Bewertung
- 3,4 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- The judges on the panel of the Elysian Prize for Literature must get through hundreds of submissions to find the best book of the year. Meanwhile, a host of writers are desperate for Elysian attention: the brilliant writer and serial heartbreaker Katherine Burns; the lovelorn debut novelist Sam Black; and Bunjee, convinced that his magnum opus, The Mulberry Elephant, will take the literary world by storm. Things go terribly wrong when Katherine’s publisher accidentally submits a cookery book in place of her novel; one of the judges finds himself in the middle of a scandal; and Bunjee, aghast to learn his book isn’t on the short list, seeks revenge. Lost for Words is a witty, fabulously entertaining satire that cuts to the quick of some of the deepest questions about the place of art in our celebrity-obsessed culture, and asks how we can ever hope to recognize real talent when everyone has an agenda.