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A Gate at the Stairs

By Lorrie Moore

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A Gate at the Stairs

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''You can sit back and have the time of your life reading A Gate at the Stairs.'' Observer 'One of the funniest writers alive' Dave Eggers 'Hilarious and distressing, entertaining and wise'' Roddy Doyle ''Moore's a writer you don't quit.' Guardian ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION*** A startlingly funny, inventive novel from one of America''s most brilliant writers. With America quietly gearing up for war in the Middle East, twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, a ''half-Jewish'' farmer''s daughter from the plains of the Midwest, has come to university - escaping her provincial home to encounter the complex world of culture and politics. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious and glamorous, Tassie is drawn into the life of their newly-adopted child and increasingly complicated household. As her past becomes increasingly alien to her - her parents seem older when she visits; her disillusioned brother ever more fixed on joining the military - Tassie finds herself becoming a stranger to herself. As the year unfolds, love leads her to new and formative experiences - but it is then that the past and the future burst forth in dramatic and shocking ways. Refracted through the eyes of this memorable narrator, A Gate at the Stairs is a lyrical, beguiling and wise novel of our times.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2010-04-22
Publication Date:
2010-04-22
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0571249469
ISBN13:
9780571249466
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
264 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
29 cm

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