Property

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Sinopse

The first ever story collection from the inimitable Lionel Shriver‘Genius’ Stylist‘Phenomenal’ Observer‘Brilliant’ The TimesThis landmark publication, the first collection of stories from a master of the form, explores the idea of property in both senses of the word: real estate, and stuff. These sharp, brilliantly imaginative pieces illustrate how our possessions act as proxies for ourselves, and how tussles over ownership articulate the power dynamics of our relationships. In Shriver’s world, we may possess people and objects and places, but in turn they possess us.In the stunning novella The Standing Chandelier (a brutal treat’: Daily Mail), a woman with a history of attracting other women’s antagonism creates a deeply personal wedding present for her best friend and his wife-to-be. In Domestic Terrorism, a thirty-something son refuses to leave home, resulting in a standoff that renders him a Millennial cause clbre. In The ChapStick, a middle-aged man subjugated by service to his elderly father discovers that the last place you should finally assert yourself is airport security. In Vermin, an artistic Brooklyn couple’s purchase of a ramshackle house destroys their once passionate relationship. In The Subletter, two women, both foreign conflict junkies, fight over claim to a territory that doesn’t belong to either.This immensely readable collection showcases the biting insight that has made Lionel Shriver one of the most acclaimed authors of our time, described by the Sunday Times as a brilliant writer’ with a strong, clear and strangely seductive voice’.

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Autor: Lionel Shriver

Autor

LIONEL SHRIVER

Lionel Shriver nasceu Margaret Ann Shriver (1957, Carolina do Norte, Estados Unidos) e aos 15 anos mudou de nome. Formada e pós-graduada pela Universidade de Columbia e pelo Barnard College, nos Estados Unidos, viveu em Nairóbi (Quênia), Bangkok (Tailândia) e Belfast (Irlanda). Precisamos falar sobre o Kevin, seu oitavo romance, foi recusado por agentes literários e mais de 30 editoras, mas em 2005 ganhou o prêmio Orange, na Grã-Bretanha. Publicou ainda The female of the species, Checker and the Derailleurs, Ordinary decent criminals, Game control, A perfectly good family e O mundo pós-aniversário. Seu mais recente livro, So much for that, foi lançado em março deste ano. Vive em Londres e contribui para os jornais The Guardian, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times e para o semanário Economist.

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