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Beschreibung

The Body Artist begins with normality: breakfast between a married couple, Lauren and Rey, in their ramshackle rented house on the New England coast. Recording their delicate, intimate, half-complete thoughts and words, Don DeLillo proves himself a stunningly unsentimental observer of our idiosyncratic relationships. But after breakfast, Rey makes a decision that leaves Lauren utterly alone, or seems to.

As Lauren, the body artist of the title, becomes strangely detached from herself and the temporal world, the novel becomes an exploration of a highly abnormal grieving process; a fascinating exposé of 'who we are when we are not rehearsing who we are'; and a rarefied study of trauma and creativity, absence and presence, isolation and communion.

The Body Artist begins with normality: breakfast between a married couple, Lauren and Rey, in their ramshackle rented house on the New England coast. Recording their delicate, intimate, half-complete thoughts and words, Don DeLillo proves himself a stunningly unsentimental observer of our idiosyncratic relationships. But after breakfast, Rey makes a decision that leaves Lauren utterly alone, or seems to.

As Lauren, the body artist of the title, becomes strangely detached from herself and the temporal world, the novel becomes an exploration of a highly abnormal grieving process; a fascinating exposé of 'who we are when we are not rehearsing who we are'; and a rarefied study of trauma and creativity, absence and presence, isolation and communion.

Über den Autor
Don DeLillo is the acclaimed author of bestselling novels and plays. His work includes White Noise, Libra, The Body Artist and Underworld. He has won the National Book Award, the Jerusalem Prize and the Irish Times International Fiction Prize.
Zusammenfassung
A sad, beautiful novel, The Body Artist is an elliptical meditiation on the mysteries of love, life and time.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 131 S.
ISBN-13: 9780330524957
ISBN-10: 033052495X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: DeLillo, Don
Hersteller: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 197 x 131 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Don DeLillo
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2011
Gewicht: 0,124 kg
Artikel-ID: 107229066