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Pepys Road
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Author : John Lanchester
language : it
Publisher: Edizioni Mondadori
Release Date : 2013-04-02
Pepys Road written by John Lanchester and has been published by Edizioni Mondadori this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-02 with Fiction categories.
A quarant'anni, Roger Yount può dirsi un privilegiato, lavora ai piani alti della City, vive nel lusso, e ha fatto quel che si dice un bel matrimonio. Il superbonus su cui conta (roba da un milione di sterline) può anche sembrare un'esagerazione, ma tra seconde case, bambinaie, costosi fine settimana comincia a essere quasi una necessità. Smitty è l'ultimo bad boy dell'arte contemporanea, un simpatico mascalzone e artista concettuale che ama le provocazioni, cercando di mantenersi in equilibrio tra successo e anonimato. Una celebrità senza volto, ciò che è forse la sua opera d'arte più riuscita. Ha una nonna, Petunia Howe, che lo adora, un'arzilla vecchietta di ottant'anni che difende intrepida la sua proprietà e la sua indipendenza. Freddy Kamo è il nuovo prodigio del calcio mondiale, un giovane e già viziatissimo africano catapultato dalla sua capanna nel Senegal in uno dei più lussuosi appartamenti di Pepys Road. Ma ci sono anche i Kamal, i pachistani del negozio all'angolo, teatro di una guerra in famiglia fra integrazione e tradizione. E Quentina, l'ausiliaria del traffico che semina il panico nelle vie dei ricchi dopo aver messo a punto un lucroso sistema per arrotondare lo stipendio. E Zbigniew, l'immigrato polacco che sta restaurando casa Yount, dove lo chiamano Bogdan perché il suo nome è troppo difficile da pronunciare. Che cosa hanno in comune tutti costoro? Pepys Road, la strada in cui abitano o lavorano, l'esclusiva via di Londra che da popolare è diventata trendy, ambita dalle nuove classi dirigenti e dai nuovi ricchi, luogo simbolo del rapido successo regalato dall'economia volatile e pirotecnica del nuovo millennio. Ma siamo nel 2008, la crisi è appena cominciata. Si avvertono sinistri scricchiolii. E soprattutto, a ognuno di loro è stata recapitata una cartolina anonima con la foto della porta di casa e una scritta minacciosa: "Vogliamo Quello Che Avete Voi"... Con la sua verve straordinaria, raffinata e graffiante, John Lanchester ci consegna un ritratto impietoso della società contemporanea colta in un momento cruciale di svolta, quando l'insicurezza riaffiora e la domanda per tutti è: come sarà la nostra vita, dopo? Da moderno Balzac, lo fa con uno strepitoso romanzo in cui "i personaggi sono empaticamente disegnati, le loro vicende sono raccontate con immensa bravura, e in tutto scorre una vena di arguzia e di ironia che fa di Pepys Road un'autentica delizia" ("The Times").
Pepys Road London
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Author : John Lanchester
language : no
Publisher: Vigmostad & Bjørke
Release Date : 2013-07-24
Pepys Road London written by John Lanchester and has been published by Vigmostad & Bjørke this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-24 with Fiction categories.
En kritikerrost bestselger i England Pepys Road er en nokså vanlig gate sør i London. Her bor alle slags mennesker, alle aldre, alle hudfarger og alle slags jobber, og de har alle mulige problemer og utfordringer. Pepys Road er London i miniatyr. Historien starter en tidlig morgen. Gata er tom, og en ung mann går mellom husene og filmer med et videokamera. I løpet av dagen skal beboerne finne et kort i postkassen. Et kort som virker både uforståelig og truende. John Henry Lanchester (født 1962) er en engelsk forfatter og journalist.
Capitale Pepys Road
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Author : John Lanchester
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Capitale Pepys Road written by John Lanchester and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Fiction categories.
Inside Pepys London
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Author : Jonathan Bastable
language : en
Publisher: David & Charles
Release Date : 2012-04-01
Inside Pepys London written by Jonathan Bastable and has been published by David & Charles this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-01 with History categories.
Journey to the seventeenth century and a dramatic period of political upheaval, plague, and fire, with this “vivid portrait of Restoration England” (History Today). Inside Pepys’ London reveals a vivid picture of London at a critical point in history, as it was poised to become a major center of international commerce and culture. It provides accounts of all aspects of contemporary life, from the arts and entertainment, to politics and religion. Samuel Papys was not a king or a famous general—yet his renowned diary makes him one of the most interesting characters in history. His life encompassed happenings of huge historical and human impact—the execution of Charles I and the Great Fire of London to name but two. This book takes Pepys’ diary, which he kept almost daily from 1660-1669, as its central resource, but also includes a range of other contemporary sources to provide a fascinating and vivid picture of the times.
British Postal Guide
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Author : Great Britain. Post Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1902
British Postal Guide written by Great Britain. Post Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1902 with Postal service categories.
Capital
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Author : John Lanchester
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2012-02-20
Capital written by John Lanchester and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-20 with Fiction categories.
** From the author of The Wall ** Adapted into an Emmy Award-winning BBC One drama 'Effortlessly brilliant . . . hugely moving and outrageously funny.' Observer The residents of Pepys Road, London - a banker and his shopaholic wife, an elderly woman dying of a brain tumour, the Pakistani family who run the local shop, the young football star from Senegal and his minder - all receive anonymous postcards with a simple message: We Want What You Have. Who is behind it? What do they want? As the mystery of the postcards deepens, the world around Pepys Road is turned upside down by the financial crash and all of its residents' lives change beyond recognition over the course of the next year. From the bestselling author of Whoops! and How to Speak Money comes a post-financial crisis, state-of-the-nation novel told with compassion, humour and unflinching truth.
All The Houses I Ve Ever Lived In
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Author : Kieran Yates
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-04-27
All The Houses I Ve Ever Lived In written by Kieran Yates and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
‘I tore through the pages. A book I’ll read over and over again’ CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of Queenie ____________________________________________ We've all had our share of dodgy landlords, mould and awkward house shares. But journalist Kieran Yates has had more than most: by the age of twenty-five she'd lived in twenty different houses across the country, from council estates in London to car showrooms in rural Wales. In prose that sparkles with humour and warmth, Yates charts the heartbreaks and joys of a life spent navigating the chaos of the housing system. Drawing on interviews with marginalised tenants across the country and the stories behind our interiors, she explores the unexpected ways we can fight back – finding beauty in the wreckage of a broken system, friendships in cramped housing conditions, and home even in the most fragile circumstances. All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In is at once a rallying cry for change, a gorgeous coming-of-age story and a love letter to home in all its forms. ____________________________________________ ‘Illuminating, thoughtfully written, damning’ OBSERVER ‘I read this in two sittings . . . so incisive it's hard to put down’ PANDORA SYKES ‘A beautiful exposition of home and what it means. Stunning’ BOLU BABALOLA, author of Honey & Spice ‘So relatable . . . injects a glorious dose of love and joy and hope' BIG ISSUE ‘Yates manages the unthinkable: she makes the housing crisis funny’ i
Minutes Of Proceedings
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Author : London (England). School Board
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
Minutes Of Proceedings written by London (England). School Board and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with categories.
The Routledge Handbook Of Literature And Space
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Author : Robert T. Tally Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-01-06
The Routledge Handbook Of Literature And Space written by Robert T. Tally Jr. and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
The "spatial turn" in literary studies is transforming the way we think of the field. The Routledge Handbook of Literature and Space maps the key areas of spatiality within literary studies, offering a comprehensive overview but also pointing towards new and exciting directions of study. The interdisciplinary and global approach provides a thorough introduction and includes thirty-two essays on topics such as: Spatial theory and practice Critical methodologies Work sites Cities and the geography of urban experience Maps, territories, readings. The contributors to this volume demonstrate how a variety of romantic, realist, modernist, and postmodernist narratives represent the changing social spaces of their world, and of our own world system today.
Instead Of The Dole
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Author : Hermione Parker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-06-28
Instead Of The Dole written by Hermione Parker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-28 with Business & Economics categories.
This book, first published in 1989, assesses the existing tax and benefit systems as being beyond repair, and examines the case for integration. Integrated tax/benefit systems change the basis of entitlement from contribution record and contingency to citizenship and need. Having shown that full integration is not realistic, the author discusses four major partial integration options in detail. Basing her comparison on detailed analysis of specific models, she is able to compare the redistributive and incentive efforts of each scheme.