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Veronica

By Mary Gaitskill

Veronica Contemporary literature

Veronica

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A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 100 BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY Alison and Veronica meet amid the nocturnal glamour of 1980s New York: one is a former modelling sensation, stumbling away from the wreck of her career, the other an eccentric middle-aged proofreader with a meticulous eye. Over the next twenty years their friendship will encompass narcissism and tenderness, exploitation and self-sacrifice, love and mortality. Moving seamlessly between the glamorous and gritty '80s, when beauty and style gave licence to excess, and the broken world of the decade's survivors twenty years later, Gaitskill casts a fierce yet compassionate eye on the two eras and their fixations. Veronica masterfully evokes the fragility and mystery of human relationships in a world where love is rife with frightening artificiality. Evocative, raw and entirely unique, Veronica was shortlisted for the prestigious 2005 National Book Award in the USA.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2016-12-08
Publication Date:
2016-12-08
Publisher:
Profile Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
178125592X
ISBN13:
9781781255926
Weight:
227 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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