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Europa
Tim Parks
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Description for Europa
Paperback. A comic, dark and dyspeptic novel about an obsessive love gone sour. Jealousy and revenge, passion and dread intertwine in one man's soul as he is trapped in the awful claustrophobia of a three-day coach journey across Europe with a group of people he loathes - and the woman who broke his heart. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Discover Tim Parks’ darkly funny and deeply prescient Booker prize-shortlisted novel about the European experience.
A brilliantly comic and dyspeptic novel about an obsessive love gone sour. Europa follows Jerry Marlow, a middle-aged Brit teaching at an Italian university, as he and his colleagues embark on a coach trip to Strasbourg in order to petition the European Parliament for improved working conditions.
Jealousy and revenge, passion and dread intertwine in one man's soul as he's trapped in the awful claustrophobia of the trip with a group of people he loathes - and the woman who broke his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
VINTAGE
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099268093
SKU
V9780099268093
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-23
About Tim Parks
Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver, A Season with Verona, Teach Us to Sit Still and The Server. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask ... Read more
Reviews for Europa
Europa is a full and rounded and very disturbing novel…guaranteed to intrigue and, more often than not, have you squirming and wincing.
The Times
Sheer enjoyment... Doffing his hat to Joyce and Beckett, Parks really hits his stride
Mail on Sunday
The best thing about Europa is the voice Tim Parks conjures up: Marlow's wry, defeated ... Read more
The Times
Sheer enjoyment... Doffing his hat to Joyce and Beckett, Parks really hits his stride
Mail on Sunday
The best thing about Europa is the voice Tim Parks conjures up: Marlow's wry, defeated ... Read more