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<i>Last Orders</i> is the story of four men once close to London butcher Jack Dodds, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. The men, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack and their favourite pub, must make their way down to a seaside town to complete the task. Through conversation and memory they trace the paths they have followed by choice and by accident; through the Second World War and its aftermath, through the dramas of family life, and their relationships with each other. In their brilliantly realized, richly nuanced voices, Swift has created a narrative language that perfectly expresses not only the comforts of old habits and friendships, but also the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.
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Last Orders, Graham Swift
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1997
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- Last Orders
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Graham Swift
- Verlag
- Vintage Canada
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1997
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0679308571
- ISBN13
- 9780679308577
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Familie, Gegenwartsliteratur, Freundschaft, Beziehungen, 20. Jahrhundert, Britische Literatur, Tod, Feminismus, Erwachsenwerden, Englische Literatur, Komödien, Ehe, London, 21. Jahrhundert, Satire, 60er Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts, 90er Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts, Booker Preis
- Beschreibung
- <i>Last Orders</i> is the story of four men once close to London butcher Jack Dodds, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. The men, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack and their favourite pub, must make their way down to a seaside town to complete the task. Through conversation and memory they trace the paths they have followed by choice and by accident; through the Second World War and its aftermath, through the dramas of family life, and their relationships with each other. In their brilliantly realized, richly nuanced voices, Swift has created a narrative language that perfectly expresses not only the comforts of old habits and friendships, but also the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.