As winner of the highly prestigious IMPAC International Dublin Literary Award, *Wide Open* beat out books by such masters as Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, and Michael Cunningham. It is truly extraordinary work of fiction, taking readers into a small English seaside town, and into the minds and hearts of its remarkable inhabitants -- a man named Ronny, weed killer by trade, who has some strange things in common with a man he finds dangling from a bridge; Nathan, the son of a pedophile, who toils in the Underground's Lost Property department, endlessly logging missing items; Sara, purveyor of her family boar farm, and Lily, her teenage daughter, tragically born with unformed organs and blood that refuses to clot. Starkly original and at turns hilarious, sad, and hopeful, *Wide Open* brilliantly displays Nicola Barker's delightfully singular literary talent.Wörter : 85713

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Wide Open (Thames Gateway, #1)

Wide Open : A Novel

Nicola Barker

HarperCollins Publishers

Longman Publishing

Open Road Media

Ecco Press

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc., New York, NY, 2012

United States, United States of America

January 9, 2001

US, 2001

Type: 英文图书

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) Chapter 1
2. (p2) Chapter 2
3. (p3) Chapter 3
4. (p4) Chapter 4
5. (p5) Chapter 5
6. (p6) Chapter 6
7. (p7) Chapter 7
8. (p8) Chapter 8
9. (p9) Chapter 9
10. (p10) Chapter 10
11. (p11) Chapter 11
12. (p12) Chapter 12
13. (p13) Chapter 13
14. (p14) Chapter 14
15. (p15) Chapter 15
16. (p16) Chapter 16
17. (p17) Chapter 17
18. (p18) Chapter 18
19. (p19) Chapter 19
20. (p20) Chapter 20
21. (p21) Chapter 21
22. (p22) Chapter 22
23. (p23) Chapter 23
24. (p24) Chapter 24
25. (p25) Chapter 25
26. (p26) Chapter 26
27. (p27) Chapter 27
28. (p28) Chapter 28
29. (p29) Chapter 29
30. (p30) Chapter 30
31. (p31) Chapter 31
32. (p32) Chapter 32
33. (p33) Chapter 33
34. (p34) Chapter 34
35. (p35) Chapter 35
36. (p36) Chapter 36
37. (p37) Chapter 37
38. (p38) Chapter 38
39. (p39) Chapter 39
40. (p40) Chapter 40
41. (p41) Chapter 41
42. (p42) Chapter 42
43. (p43) Chapter 43
44. (p44) Chapter 44
45. (p45) Chapter 45
46. (p46) Chapter 46
47. (p47) Chapter 47
48. (p48) About the Author

<p><p>as Winner Of The Highly Prestigious Impac International Dublin Literary Award, <i>wide Open</i> Beat Out Books By Such Masters As Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, And Michael Cunningham. It Is Truly Extraordinary Work Of Fiction, Taking Readers Into A Small English Seaside Town, And Into The Minds And Hearts Of Its Remarkable Inhabitants &#151;&#160; A Man Named Ronny, Weed Killer By Trade, Who Has Some Strange Things In Common With A Man He Finds Dangling From A Bridge; Nathan, The Son Of A Pedophile, Who Toils In The Underground's Lost Property Department, Endlessly Logging Missing Items; Sara, Purveyor Of Her Family Boar Farm, And Lily, Her Teenage Daughter, Tragically Born With Unformed Organs And Blood That Refuses To Clot.&#160; Starkly Original And At Turns Hilarious, Sad, And Hopeful, <i>wide Open</i> Brilliantly Displays Nicola Barker's Delightfully Singular Literary Talent.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>barker Is A Young, Award-winning English Writer Barely Known Here (her Love Your Enemies Is Nominally Available From Faber), Who Has Now Been Taken On By Enterprising Ecco. She Is A Highly Offbeat Writer, Weaving A Strange Tale Of Abandonment And Redemption Around A Set Of Eccentric Characters Brought Together On A Bleak Stretch Of The Thames Estuary Called The Isle Of Sheppey. There Is Ronny (later To Change His Name To Jim), Who Comes Across Another Ronny Dangling From A Bridge Over A Highway While He Is Driving To His Work Spraying Weed Killer. Ronny 1 (jim) Finds This Stranger Knows His Brother Nathan, Who Works In The Underground Lost Property Office. Out At Sheppey Is Ronny 1's Neighbor Sara, Who Runs A Boar Farm; Luke, A Pornographic Photographer Who Is Trying To Stop Smoking And Drinking In This Remote Seaside Place; Sara's Noisy, Strung-out Daughter Lily; And Sara's Niece, Optician Connie, Who Comes To Visit. These Odd, Damaged People Are Presented With Tenderness And Humor, Their Baffling And Often Outrageous Interactions Chronicled With Benign Acceptance; And Eventually They Achieve A Sort Of Uneasy, Hard-won Peace In The Death Of Ronny 2 And The Unraveling Of An Old Family Secret. What Keeps The Reader Engaged Among The Murky Goings-on Is The Ever Alert And Highly Original Style Barker Employs, Full Of Vivid Images And Little Explosions Of Recognition; There Is A Poetic Sensibility At Work Among These Extremely Prosy Characters. (oct.)</p>

“Barker's weird imagination works wonders with this extraordinary tale of two brothers... Exceptional.” —Elle Winner of the 2000 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Nicola Barker's remarkable literary genius illuminates a tale of family and loss. As winner of the highly prestigious IMPAC International Dublin Literary Award, Wide Open topped a list of titles by such masters as Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, and Michael Cunningham. It is a truly extraordinary work of fiction, taking readers into the minds and hearts of the remarkable inhabitants of a small English seaside town. There's Ronny, who has some strange things in common with a man he finds dangling from a bridge; Nathan, the son of a pedophile, who toils in the Underground's Lost Property department, endlessly logging missing items; Sara, in charge of her family boar farm; and Lily, her teenage daughter, tragically born with unformed organs and blood that refuses to clot. Wide Open is a novel about stripping off layers of prejudice and lies, and about the possibility of redemption. It is also about coming to terms with the past, and about the fantasies people construct in order to protect their fragile inner selves. Starkly original—and at turns hilarious, sad, and hopeful—Wide Open exuberantly displays Barker's singular talent.

A motorist saves a homeless man about to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. He takes him to his cottage by the sea and the novel chronicles the relationship which forms between them. By the author of Love Your Enemies

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