Here we are

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It is Brighton, 1959, and the theatre at the end of the pier is having its best summer season in years. Ronnie, a brilliant young magician, and Evie, his dazzling assistant, are top of the bill, drawing audiences each night. Meanwhile, Jack - Jack Robinson, as in before you can say - is everyones favourite compere, a born entertainer, holding the whole show together. As the summer progresses, the off-stage drama between the three begins to overshadow their theatrical success, and events unfold which will have lasting consequences for all their futures. Rich, comic, alive and subtly devastating, Here We Are is a masterly piece of literary magicianship which pulls back the curtain on the human condition. One to watch for 2020 according to: the Sunday Times the Times the Daily Telegraph the Guardian Financial Times Evening Standard the Scotsman the Irish Times He tells simple, truthful stories about what feel like real people. Here We Are is a welcome addition to a proud legacy. the Big Issue the variety of voices and its historical and emotional reach are so finely entwined, it is as perfect and smooth as an egg. Passages leap out all the time, demanding to be reread, or committed to memory. . . It is perhaps too simple to say that Swift creates a form of fictional magic, but what he can do with a page is out of the ordinary, far beyond most mortals ken. Rosemary Goring,the Herald Here We Are is a subtle portrait of a vanished world, with moving passages about the problems of wartime evacuees returning to impoverished London life after the wonders of the countryside. the Independent In Here We Are, Swift does not just dwell on the pivotal moments of our lives, but traces their shockwaves both forward and back. Moving seamlessly from pre-war to post, from the events of one illusory, youthful summer to the present, we are given candid access to the innermost reflections of three people who loved and betrayed each other. the end result is the stuff of life, an enduring mystery that Ronnie, Evie, Jack - that we all - must live with. I thought it was wonderful. Joseph Knox, author of Sirens As with all his books, its the moments of quiet, undramatic poignancy that stay with you Sunday Express a quietly, devastating, magical novel Telegraph With a wizardry of his own, Swift conjures up an about-to-disappear little world and turns it into something of wider resonance Sunday Times Praise for Mothering Sunday: Bathed in light; and even when tragedy strikes, it blazes irresistibly. . . Swifts small fiction feels like a masterpiece Guardian Alive with sensuousness and sensuality . . . wonderfully accomplished, it is an achievement Sunday Times From start to finish Swifts is a novel of stylish brilliance and quiet narrative verve. the archly modulated, precise prose (a hybrid of Henry Green and Kazuo Ishiguro) is a glory to read. Now 66, Swift is a writer at the very top of his game Evening Standard Mothering Sunday is a powerful, philosophical and exquisitely observed novel about the lives we lead, and the parallel lives - the parallel stories - we can never know . . . It may just be Swifts best novel yet Observer

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Here We Are

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It is brighton 1959 and the theatre at the end of the pier is having its best summer season in years ronnie a brilliant young magician and evie his dazzling assistant are top of the bill drawing audiences each night meanwhile jack jack robinson as in before you can say is ev Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

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Here We Are

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The extraordinary new novel from the author of mothering sunday and winner of the booker prize a quietly devastating magical novel daily telegraph beautiful gentle intricate here we are smuggles within the pages of a seemingly commonplace tale depths of emotion and narrative complexity Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, woensdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 27 februari 2020

Aantal pagina's: 208

Kaarten inbegrepen: Nee

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Graham Swift

Hoofduitgeverij: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Originele titel: Here We Are: Graham Swift

AI-gegenereerd: Nee

Dyslexievriendelijk: Nee

Editie: 1st edition

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 135 mm

Product hoogte: 19 mm

Product lengte: 216 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 147 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 23 mm

Verpakking lengte: 226 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 325 g

eWaste: Nee

EAN: 9781471188930

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