Name: Shipwreck (en Inglés)
SKU: 9182639
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Author: Louis Begley

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Random House Lcc Us

Autor

Louis Begley

Año

2004

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

255

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN

0345464095

ISBN13

9780345464095

N° edición

Categorías

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Shipwreck (en Inglés)

Louis Begley (Autor) · Random House Lcc Us · Tapa Blanda

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A mesmerizing novel of deception and betrayal from the acclaimed author of Wartime Lies and About Schmidt.John North, a prize-winning American writer, is suddenly beset by dark suspicions about the real value of his work. Over endless hours and bottles of whiskey consumed in a mysterious café called L’Entre Deux Mondes, he recounts, in counterpoint to his doubts, the one story he has never told before, perhaps the only important one he will ever tell. North’s chosen interlocutor–who could be his doppelgänger–is transfixed by the revelations and becomes the narrator of North’s tale. North has always been faithful to his wife, Lydia, but when one of his novels achieves a special success, he allows himself a dalliance with Léa, a starstruck young journalist. Coolly planning to make sure that his life with Lydia will not be disturbed, North is taken off guard when Léa becomes obsessed with him and he with her elaborate erotic games. As the hypnotic and serpentine confession unfurls, we gradually discover the extraordinary lengths to which North has gone to indulge a powerful desire for self-destruction. Shipwreck is a daring parable of the contradictory impulses that can rend a single soul–narcissism and self-loathing, refinement and lust.