Idea of Perfection
«Grenville makes awkward atmospheres and fumbling encounters wonderfully vivid. Read it and cringe»
The Times
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001, The Idea of Perfection is a witty and tender romance. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Picador
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 432
- ISBN
- 9781509823437
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- Winner of Orange Prize for Fiction 2001 UK.
Anmeldelser
«Grenville makes awkward atmospheres and fumbling encounters wonderfully vivid. Read it and cringe»
The Times
«From these two reticent characters, besieged by two lifetimes of regret, doubt and dismay, Grenville manufactures an extraordinary comedy of manners, made all more powerful by her own reticence as a writer»
Guardian
«Outrageously entertaining»
Daily Mail
«A truly amazing writer»
Rosie Boycott, chair of the Orange Prize jury
«An honest and compelling celebration of imperfection»
Observer
«A funny and touching romance»
Daily Express
«Being the only book voted for the Orange Prize shortlist by both the official judging panel, always an all-female affair, and a shadow panel of men sitting for the first time, was testament to The Idea of Perfection's universal appeal»
Australian News
«The Idea of Perfection is a very fine novel . . . Grenville's paean to the heroism of imperfection could easily slide into sentimentality. That it doesn't is a testament to her skill. There's nothing trite about the violent, sensual colour in her descriptions of the Australian bush, or her compassion for her eccentric characters»
Times
«Grenville has created a unique exploration of human weaknesses and how combining these weaknesses can make a strength»
Irish Independent
«A very fine, albeit terrifying, writer . . . another assured and intelligent performance . . . very funny, skillfully written but also very moving . . . brilliant comic set pieces»
Irish Times
«An exquisite, minutely observed study of two people meeting in their middle years . . . A truly amazing writer»
Rosie Boycott, Chair of the Orange Prize 2001 Judging Panel
«Quirky and spirited»
Independent
«A writer of extraordinary talent»
New York Times Book Review
«[Grenville is] always self-possessed, graceful, ingratiating . . . an amusing, touching, occasionally macabre tale»
Spectator