Tim Parks

Tongues of Flame

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The gift of tongues prophecy exorcism. . . what might such concepts mean in a complacent backwater of North London? For Richard Bowen adolescence becomes a nightmare when his parents join the charismatic movement and find a devil in his brother. Winner of the Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask Awards.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 164g
• ISBN-13: 9780749396176
• ISBN-10: 0749396172
• Artikelnr.: 33213404

Autorenporträt

Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver, A Season with Verona and Teach Us to Sit Still. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn Rhys awards, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lectures on literary translation in Milan, writes for publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and his many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Tabucchi and Machiavelli.