Opis: Shylock is My Name - Howard Jacobson

'Who is this guy, Dad? What is he doing here?' With an absent wife and a daughter going off the rails, wealthy art collector and philanthropist Simon Strulovitch is in need someone to talk to. So when he meets Shylock at a cemetery in Cheshire's Golden Triangle, he invites him back to his house. It's the beginning of a remarkable friendship. Elsewhere in the Golden Triangle, the rich, manipulative Plurabelle (aka Anna Livia Plurabelle Cleopatra A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever Christine) is the face of her own TV series, existing in a bubble of plastic surgery and lavish parties. She shares prejudices and a barbed sense of humour with her loyal friend D'Anton, whose attempts to play Cupid involve Strulovitch's daughter - and put a pound of flesh on the line. Howard Jacobson's version of The Merchant of Venice bends time to its own advantage as it asks what it means to be a father, a Jew and a merciful human being in the modern world. "Expect...The kind of comic intelligence that has made his name." -- Sam Parker Esquire "Shylock is My Name is witty and astute." -- Rosie Kinchen The Sunday Times "Jacobson's writing is virtuoso. He is the master of shifting tones, from the satirical to the serious. His prose has the sort of elastic precision you only get from a writer who is truly in command... Jacobson explores some heartfelt psychological insights into family conflict." -- Lucasta Miller Independent "Howard Jacobson's reworking of The Merchant of Venice is a sly success... Irascible, eloquent Shylock is a man transplanted from the play to today." -- Tim Martin Daily Telegraph

Szczegóły: Shylock is My Name - Howard Jacobson

Tytuł: Shylock is My Name
Autor: Howard Jacobson
Producent: Hogarth Press
ISBN: 9780701188993
Rok produkcji: 2016
Ilość stron: 288
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.31 kg

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