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The Lubetkin Legacy
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Artikel-Nr:
9780241249215
Veröffentl:
2016
Seiten:
357
Autor:
Marina Lewycka
Gewicht:
488 g
Format:
234x156x28 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Marina Lewycka wurde nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg als Kind ukrainischer Eltern in einem Flüchtlingslager in Kiel geboren und wuchs in England auf. Sie ist verheiratet, hat eine erwachsene Tochter, lebt in Sheffield und unterrichtet an der Sheffield Hallam University.
Brand new novel from the author of A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRANIAN. 'Don't let the council take back the flat!' - Berthold's mother's dying words to him in hospital. Hopeless failed actor Berthold is born the same day as George Clooney, but still lives with his mum. When he realizes that he may lose the flat, built in the 1960s by celebrated architect Lubetkin, he adopts the old lady in the hospital bed next door, and takes her home to impersonate Mum. That's when all the trouble begins.
Hilarious new novel from the author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian. Hopeless failed actor Berthold still lives with his mum. At her deathbed he realizes he may lose his mother's lovely council flat, built in the 1960s by celebrated architect Lubetkin. He "adopts" the old lady in the hospital bed next door, and takes her home to impersonate Mum. That's when all the trouble begins...