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The Man Who Wouldn´t Get Up and Other Stories
David Lodge
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Description for The Man Who Wouldn´t Get Up and Other Stories
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The first collection of short stories from one of Britain's finest novelists and critics A nameless man who has fallen out of love with life, refuses to get out of bed, with unexpected consequences. A sociologist recalls how he learned his first and formative lesson about the oppressive power of capitalism selling newspapers and magazines up and down the platforms of Waterloo station. Some years before the era of the Pill and the Permissive Society, four university friends travel to the Mediterranean for their first holiday together, where the climate is sultry and sex is on everyone's ... Read more
The first collection of short stories from one of Britain's finest novelists and critics A nameless man who has fallen out of love with life, refuses to get out of bed, with unexpected consequences. A sociologist recalls how he learned his first and formative lesson about the oppressive power of capitalism selling newspapers and magazines up and down the platforms of Waterloo station. Some years before the era of the Pill and the Permissive Society, four university friends travel to the Mediterranean for their first holiday together, where the climate is sultry and sex is on everyone's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784704681
SKU
V9781784704681
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Ref
99-2
About David Lodge
David Lodge (CBE)'s novels include Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work (shortlisted for the Booker) and, most recently, A Man of Parts. He has also written plays and screenplays, and several books of literary criticism. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Birmingham, a ... Read more
Reviews for The Man Who Wouldn´t Get Up and Other Stories
His down-to-earth stories have a nice blend of the worldly and the ingenious.
Phil Baker
Sunday Times
David Lodge's short stories are as witty and surprising as his novels
The Times
Fresh and timely...well-observed collection that one wishes was twice as long
Financial Times
Lodge's preoccupations in ... Read more
Phil Baker
Sunday Times
David Lodge's short stories are as witty and surprising as his novels
The Times
Fresh and timely...well-observed collection that one wishes was twice as long
Financial Times
Lodge's preoccupations in ... Read more