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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... four standing there had that day crammed twelve hours ' worth of work into ten in order to attend this banquet , and the whiskey was hitting stomachs which had long since forgotten the snatched midday sandwich . No , I do not want to ...
... four standing there had that day crammed twelve hours ' worth of work into ten in order to attend this banquet , and the whiskey was hitting stomachs which had long since forgotten the snatched midday sandwich . No , I do not want to ...
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... Four hours . " " This'll be longer . " " And Orpheus and Eurydice the week before . " " That was short . " " You'll be all right , " she had said crossly . " Lots of whiskey . " " Did Harry make it into the team , d'you know ? " " As a ...
... Four hours . " " This'll be longer . " " And Orpheus and Eurydice the week before . " " That was short . " " You'll be all right , " she had said crossly . " Lots of whiskey . " " Did Harry make it into the team , d'you know ? " " As a ...
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... four of whom died . " Of the four children she bore me in seven- teen months , two sets of twins , my eldest boy only is living , " he wrote to a friend in 1788. " But I reckon a twelve brace of chil- dren against I celebrate my twelfth ...
... four of whom died . " Of the four children she bore me in seven- teen months , two sets of twins , my eldest boy only is living , " he wrote to a friend in 1788. " But I reckon a twelve brace of chil- dren against I celebrate my twelfth ...
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