A Gate at the Stairs - 'Not a single sentence is wasted.’ Elizabeth Day (Paperback, Main)

'You can sit back and have the time of your life reading A Gate at the Stairs.' Observer 'One of the funniest writers alive' Dave Eggers 'Hilarious and distressing, entertaining and wise' Roddy Doyle 'Moore's a writer you don't quit.' Guardian ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION*** A startlingly funny, inventive novel from one of America's most brilliant writers. With America quietly gearing up for war in the Middle East, twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, a 'half-Jewish' farmer's daughter from the plains of the Midwest, has come to university - escaping her provincial home to encounter the complex world of culture and politics. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious and glamorous, Tassie is drawn into the life of their newly-adopted child and increasingly complicated household. As her past becomes increasingly alien to her - her parents seem older when she visits; her disillusioned brother ever more fixed on joining the military - Tassie finds herself becoming a stranger to herself. As the year unfolds, love leads her to new and formative experiences - but it is then that the past and the future burst forth in dramatic and shocking ways. Refracted through the eyes of this memorable narrator, A Gate at the Stairs is a lyrical, beguiling and wise novel of our times.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2010
Authors:	Lorrie Moore
Dimensions:	198 x 126 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	321
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-24946-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General
LSN:	0-571-24946-9
Barcode:	9780571249466

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