| Out of This World Contributor(s): Swift, Graham (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679740325 ISBN-13: 9780679740322 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1993 Annotation: Out of This World interweaves the history of a blighted family with the tragic and ludicrous history of the twentieth century. Its alternating narrators are a father and daughter--each obsessed with the other and irrevocably estranged--surveying their losses and grievances on opposite sides of the Atlantic. "A moving, ingenious and often very funny tale that takes us deep into his characters' wounded, resilient hearts with breathtaking virtuosity...rich, complicated, joyful, arresting."--"USA Today |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92056343 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.24" W x 8.01" (0.55 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Out of This World interweaves the history of a blighted family with the tragic and ludicrous history of the twentieth century. Its alternating narrators are a father and daughter--each obsessed with the other and irrevocably estranged--surveying their losses and grievances on opposite sides of the Atlantic. "A moving, ingenious and often very funny tale that takes us deep into his characters' wounded, resilient hearts with breathtaking virtuosity...rich, complicated, joyful, arresting."--USA Today |