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Beschreibung
When Holly applies for a job at the Paradise - one of the city's oldest cinemas, squashed into the ground floor of a block of flats - she thinks it will be like any other shift work. She cleans toilets, sweeps popcorn, avoids the belligerent old owner, Iris, and is ignored by her aloof but tight-knit colleagues who seem as much a part of the building as its fraying carpets and endless dirt. Dreadful, lonely weeks pass while she longs for their approval, a silent voyeur. So when she finally gains the trust of this cryptic band of oddballs, Holly transforms from silent drudge to rebellious insider and gradually she too becomes part of the Paradise - unearthing its secrets, learning its history and haunting its corridors after hours with the other ushers. It is no surprise when violence strikes, tempers change and the group, eyes still affixed to the screen, starts to rapidly go awry . . .
When Holly applies for a job at the Paradise - one of the city's oldest cinemas, squashed into the ground floor of a block of flats - she thinks it will be like any other shift work. She cleans toilets, sweeps popcorn, avoids the belligerent old owner, Iris, and is ignored by her aloof but tight-knit colleagues who seem as much a part of the building as its fraying carpets and endless dirt. Dreadful, lonely weeks pass while she longs for their approval, a silent voyeur. So when she finally gains the trust of this cryptic band of oddballs, Holly transforms from silent drudge to rebellious insider and gradually she too becomes part of the Paradise - unearthing its secrets, learning its history and haunting its corridors after hours with the other ushers. It is no surprise when violence strikes, tempers change and the group, eyes still affixed to the screen, starts to rapidly go awry . . .
Zusammenfassung
Camilla Grudova lebt in Toronto. Sie hat Kunstgeschichte und Germanistik an der McGill University in Montreal studiert und ihre Prosa ist in The White Paper und Granta erschienen. Ihr Debüt »Das Alphabet der Puppen« (»The Doll's Alphabet«, 2017) erschien fast gleichzeitig in Kanada, den USA und Großbritannien, wurde ins Französische und Spanische übersetzt, sorgte international für Aufsehen und stand auf der Shortlist für den Danuta Gleed Literary Award und den Shirley Jackson Award.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 208 S.
ISBN-13: 9781838956349
ISBN-10: 1838956344
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Grudova, Camilla
Hersteller: Atlantic Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 195 x 127 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Camilla Grudova
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.05.2023
Gewicht: 0,188 kg
Artikel-ID: 126719374

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