Learning to Die
- 288pages
- 11 heures de lecture
"Thrown off course by a shocking diagnosis, five friends confront the realities of money, meaning, marriage, and mortality, in this vivaciously intelligent novel about how to live and die.".
Thomas Maloney Livres
Thomas Maloney est un auteur contemporain dont l'œuvre est profondément ancrée dans l'enquête intellectuelle, probablement issue de sa formation en physique. Il explore des thèmes complexes à travers une lentille narrative unique, invitant les lecteurs à considérer des questions profondes sur l'existence et la condition humaine. Sa prose se caractérise par sa précision et sa puissance évocatrice, créant des mondes immersifs qui résonnent longtemps après la dernière page.
Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017 WANTED: Diligent volunteer to carry out two months’ painstaking archival work for private library. Board and lodging provided; curiosity and imagination rewarded. When Samuel Browne’s wife unexpectedly leaves him, his world crumbles — until he spies this job advert hidden between the pages of a second-hand book. It leads him deep into the English countryside, to a new job in a cold and ancient house. Sam must find a lost letter, hidden in a library of eighteen thousand books. As he sets to work under the watchful eyes of the house’s eccentric inhabitants, he soon realises that this is not the only mystery that this strange, seductive place holds …