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Zusatztext
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The First Day in Paradise tells the story of a young orphaned family who have been passed on from one set of relations to another, and whose eldest sibling, Adam, becomes enthralled by the impending opening nearby of a gigantic and beautiful shopping-mall by a flamboyant entrepreneur. To the consternation of his aunt and uncle, who run a small business, he joins the staff of one of its stores, and begins a dizzying ascent through the ranks, until circumstances induce him to question whether his entire value-system has become corrupted. Functioning both as social-economic critique, and as a personal moral fable about the conjuration of ambition from present-day consumer culture, The First Day in Paradise is an engrossing and layered tale loosely modelled on Dante's Paradiso, but most of all it's simply a great read.
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Kurztext
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One young man's dizzying ascent through the dazzle of contemporary consumer culture takes him from orphaned tragedy to double-edged success.
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Autorenportrait
- Stuart Walton has been a journalist and author since 1991, when he began writing about wine and reviewing restaurants. Since then, his work has broadened to encompass philosophical and cultural-historical themes. He lives in Torquay.
Detailansicht
The First Day in Paradise
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781785352362
Umbreit-Nr.: 2275370
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 424 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 26.02.2016
Auflage: 1/2016
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM