Getting a Life: StoriesKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 11. 6. 2002. - 208 страница Hilarious, dark, and thoroughly entertaining, Getting a Life proves Helen Simpson to be one of the finest observers of women on the edge. Set in and around contemporary London, these nine stories explore both the blisses and irritations of domestic life. An ambitious teenager vows never to settle for any of the adult lives she sees around her. Two old friends get tipsy at a small cafe and end up revealing more than they intended. In a boutique so exclusive that entrance requires a password, a frazzled careerwoman explores the anesthetizing effect of highly impractical clothing. And in the mesmerizing title story, a mother of three takes life one day at a time, while pushing the ominous question of whether she wants to firmly to one side. |
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... breath and flesh meant the T air beneath the chandeliers had very soon climbed to blood heat despite the dark sparkle of frost outside on Park Lane . An immense prosperous hum filled the hotel ball- room , as if all the worker bees of ...
... breath and flesh meant the T air beneath the chandeliers had very soon climbed to blood heat despite the dark sparkle of frost outside on Park Lane . An immense prosperous hum filled the hotel ball- room , as if all the worker bees of ...
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... breath until she sighed deeply and shifted in her seat . He had no time for her . This must be what music was for , she thought , so while on the outside you moderated and rationalized and subdued , in your secret self you were allowed ...
... breath until she sighed deeply and shifted in her seat . He had no time for her . This must be what music was for , she thought , so while on the outside you moderated and rationalized and subdued , in your secret self you were allowed ...
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... breath and emptied the underwear into the sink , then put the bowl down by the bed too . Next she pleaded and bullied through the bolted door for the woman to come out . “ All right , darling , " came the reply in conciliatory tones ...
... breath and emptied the underwear into the sink , then put the bowl down by the bed too . Next she pleaded and bullied through the bolted door for the woman to come out . “ All right , darling , " came the reply in conciliatory tones ...
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