Getting a Life: StoriesKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 18. 12. 2007. - 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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... it's just a drop in the ocean.” Ben rocks backwards in his chair a few times, seeing how far he can go. He is making a resonant zooming noise behind his teeth, but not very loudly yet. Sally keeps her baggy eye on him and says ...
... it's just a drop in the ocean.” Ben rocks backwards in his chair a few times, seeing how far he can go. He is making a resonant zooming noise behind his teeth, but not very loudly yet. Sally keeps her baggy eye on him and says ...
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Stories Helen Simpson. “Cannon fodder,” observes Frances. “It's all right if you're the sort who can manage on four ... its absence. Ben takes the buttery knife from the side of his plate and waves it in the air, then drops it onto his ...
Stories Helen Simpson. “Cannon fodder,” observes Frances. “It's all right if you're the sort who can manage on four ... its absence. Ben takes the buttery knife from the side of his plate and waves it in the air, then drops it onto his ...
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... It's years now. These thoughts flash through her mind, vivid and open, but must remain unspoken as Ben's presence precludes anything much in the way of communication beyond blinking in Morse. The few words she has exchanged with this ...
... It's years now. These thoughts flash through her mind, vivid and open, but must remain unspoken as Ben's presence precludes anything much in the way of communication beyond blinking in Morse. The few words she has exchanged with this ...
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... was good for the girls to see their mother out working in the real world, he said when she talked offeeling torn apart; a role model. There's no need to feel guilty, he would begin, with Godlike compassion. It's not guilt,
... was good for the girls to see their mother out working in the real world, he said when she talked offeeling torn apart; a role model. There's no need to feel guilty, he would begin, with Godlike compassion. It's not guilt,
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Stories Helen Simpson. guilty, he would begin, with Godlike compassion. It's not guilt, you fool. It's the unwelcome awareness that being daily ripped in half is not good, not even ultimately. I agree with all the reasons. “I'm sorry ...
Stories Helen Simpson. guilty, he would begin, with Godlike compassion. It's not guilt, you fool. It's the unwelcome awareness that being daily ripped in half is not good, not even ultimately. I agree with all the reasons. “I'm sorry ...
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