Us

R$ 101,90

Sinopse

Us: a brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children | Longlisted for the Booker Prize'Perfect' INDEPENDENT 'I honestly can't imagine loving a novel much more' SUNDAY TIMES 'I loved this book. Funny, sad, tender: for anyone who wants to know what happens after the Happy Ever After' JOJO MOYES Douglas and Connie - scientist and artist, husband and wife - live a quiet and quietly unremarkable life in the suburbs of London. Until, suddenly, after more than twenty years of marriage, Connie decides she wants a divorce.Heartbroken but determined, Douglas comes up with the perfect plan: he is going to win back the love of his wife and the respect of Albie, their teenage son, by organising the holiday of a lifetime. The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed. What could possibly go wrong?ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now'FINANCIAL TIMES'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters'DAILY TELEGRAPH'Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love'THE TIMES'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does'EVENING STANDARD'Genuinely brilliant'NEW STATESMAN

Participantes

Autor: David Nicholls

Autor

DAVID NICHOLLS

David Nicholls nasceu em 1966, em Hampshire, Inglaterra. Formado em literatura e teatro inglês, optou pela carreira de ator e recebeu uma bolsa da American Musical and Dramatic Academy de Nova York. De volta a Londres, atuou em espetáculos teatrais no Battersea Arts Centre, The Finborough, West Yorkshire Playhouse e Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Entre uma peça e outra, em Londres, Nicholls trabalhava como vendedor da rede de livrarias Waterstone's, em Notting Hill. Após trabalhos freelance, conseguiu emprego como leitor de peças e pesquisador da BBC Radio Drama, o que o levou à edição de roteiros na London Week Television e na Tiger Aspect Productions. Nessa época, começou a escrever e adaptou a peça de Sam Shepard, Simpatico, que se tornou um filme estrelado por Sharon Stone e Nick Nolte, em 1999. Ao longo de sua notável carreira de roteirista, recebeu duas indicações ao BAFTA. Além de Um Dia, publicou os romances Resposta Certa e O Substituto.