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Extinctions

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Professor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, world expert on concrete and connoisseur of modernist design, has quarantined himself from life by moving to a retirement village. Surrounded and obstructed by the debris of his life, he is determined to be miserable, but is tired of his existence and of the life he has chosen.

When a series of unfortunate incidents forces him and his neighbour, Jan, together, he begins to realise the damage done by the accumulation of a lifetime's secrets and lies, and to comprehend his own shortcomings. Finally, Frederick Lothian has the opportunity to build something meaningful for the ones he loves.

Humorous, poignant and galvanising, this is a novel about all kinds of extinction - natural, racial, national and personal - and what we can do to prevent them.

Sinopsis del producto

Professor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, world expert on concrete and connoisseur of modernist design, has quarantined himself from life by moving to a retirement village. Surrounded and obstructed by the debris of his life, he is determined to be miserable, but is tired of his existence and of the life he has chosen.

When a series of unfortunate incidents forces him and his neighbour, Jan, together, he begins to realise the damage done by the accumulation of a lifetime's secrets and lies, and to comprehend his own shortcomings. Finally, Frederick Lothian has the opportunity to build something meaningful for the ones he loves.

Humorous, poignant and galvanising, this is a novel about all kinds of extinction - natural, racial, national and personal - and what we can do to prevent them.

9781788160773

Wilson, Josephine

family; aborigine; extinction; great auk; disability; car crash; architecture; poured concrete; academic; australia; grief; bereavement; coping; despair; engineer; widower; marriage; hope; trust; secrets; career; carers; trauma; parabola; earthquake; responsibility; reunion; friendship

Descripción del producto

Professor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, world expert on concrete and connoisseur of modernist design, has quarantined himself from life by moving to a retirement village. Surrounded and obstructed by the debris of his life, he is determined to be miserable, but is tired of his existence and of the life he has chosen.

When a series of unfortunate incidents forces him and his neighbour, Jan, together, he begins to realise the damage done by the accumulation of a lifetime's secrets and lies, and to comprehend his own shortcomings. Finally, Frederick Lothian has the opportunity to build something meaningful for the ones he loves.

Humorous, poignant and galvanising, this is a novel about all kinds of extinction - natural, racial, national and personal - and what we can do to prevent them.

Sinopsis del producto

Professor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, world expert on concrete and connoisseur of modernist design, has quarantined himself from life by moving to a retirement village. Surrounded and obstructed by the debris of his life, he is determined to be miserable, but is tired of his existence and of the life he has chosen.

When a series of unfortunate incidents forces him and his neighbour, Jan, together, he begins to realise the damage done by the accumulation of a lifetime's secrets and lies, and to comprehend his own shortcomings. Finally, Frederick Lothian has the opportunity to build something meaningful for the ones he loves.

Humorous, poignant and galvanising, this is a novel about all kinds of extinction - natural, racial, national and personal - and what we can do to prevent them.

9781788160773

Wilson, Josephine

family; aborigine; extinction; great auk; disability; car crash; architecture; poured concrete; academic; australia; grief; bereavement; coping; despair; engineer; widower; marriage; hope; trust; secrets; career; carers; trauma; parabola; earthquake; responsibility; reunion; friendship

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family;aborigine;extinction;great auk;disability;car crash;architecture;poured concrete;academic;australia;grief;bereavement;coping;despair;engineer;widower;marriage;hope;trust;secrets;career;carers;trauma;parabola;earthquake;responsibility;reunion;friendship

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Tapa blanda o Bolsillo
Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña
Castellano
Producto a la venta formado por un único componente
Serpent's Tail
07/03/2019
128128 X 196196 X 2222
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ISBN 9781788160773

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