2013, ISBN: 9781448156238

From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of GLORY, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Auflage, **SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE **Ten-year-old Darling has a choice: it's down, or out'To pla… Mehr…

From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of GLORY, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Auflage, **SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE **Ten-year-old Darling has a choice: it's down, or out'To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britain and Canada and Australia and Switzerland and them. Nobody wants to be rags of countries like Congo, like Somalia, like Iraq, like Sudan, like Haiti and not even this one we live in - who wants to be a terrible place of hunger and things falling apart?'Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices.They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. For Darling, that dream will come true. But, like the thousands of people all over the world trying to forge new lives far from home, Darling finds this new paradise brings its own set of challenges - for her and also for those she's left behind.'Extraordinary' Daily Telegraph'A debut that blends wit and pain... Heartrending...wonderfully original' Independent'Sometimes shocking, often heartbreaking but also pulsing with colour and energy' The Times*NoViolet's newest book Glory - shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 - is out now*, [PU: Random House], Seiten: 304, [ED: 1], Random House, 2013<

2022, ISBN: 9781448156238

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE **Ten-year-old Darling has a choice: it's down, or out'To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britain … Mehr…

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE **Ten-year-old Darling has a choice: it's down, or out'To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britain and Canada and Australia and Switzerland and them. Nobody wants to be rags of countries like Congo, like Somalia, like Iraq, like Sudan, like Haiti and not even this one we live in - who wants to be a terrible place of hunger and things falling apart?'Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices.They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. For Darling, that dream will come true. But, like the thousands of people all over the world trying to forge new lives far from home, Darling finds this new paradise brings its own set of challenges - for her and also for those she's left behind.'Extraordinary' Daily Telegraph'A debut that blends wit and pain... Heartrending...wonderfully original' Independent'Sometimes shocking, often heartbreaking but also pulsing with colour and energy' The Times*NoViolet's newest book Glory - shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 - is out now*; EPUB; Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction, Random House<

2022, ISBN: 9781448156238

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE ** Ten-year-old Darling has a choice: it's down, or out 'To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britai… Mehr…

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE ** Ten-year-old Darling has a choice: it's down, or out 'To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britain and Canada and Australia and Switzerland and them. Nobody wants to be rags of countries like Congo, like Somalia, like Iraq, like Sudan, like Haiti and not even this one we live in - who wants to be a terrible place of hunger and things falling apart?' Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. For Darling, that dream will come true. But, like the thousands of people all over the world trying to forge new lives far from home, Darling finds this new paradise brings its own set of challenges - for her and also for those she's left behind. 'Extraordinary' Daily Telegraph 'A debut that blends wit and pain... Heartrending...wonderfully original' Independent 'Sometimes shocking, often heartbreaking but also pulsing with colour and energy' The Times *NoViolet's newest book Glory - shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 - is out now* eBooks , Random House Children's Books, Random House Children's Books<

2014, ISBN: 9781448156238

* Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013** US National Book Award 5 Under 35 ** Winner of the Etisalat Prize 2014** Winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award 2014* * Winner of a Bet… Mehr…

* Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013** US National Book Award 5 Under 35 ** Winner of the Etisalat Prize 2014** Winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award 2014* * Winner of a Betty Trask Award 2014* ‘To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britain and Canada and Australia and Switzerland and them. Nobody wants to be rags of countries like Congo, like Somalia, like Iraq, like Sudan, like Haiti and not even this one we live in – who wants to be a terrible place of hunger and things falling apart?’Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn’t all bad, though. There’s mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices.They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. For Darling, that dream will come true. But, like the thousands of people all over the world trying to forge new lives far from home, Darling finds this new paradise brings its own set of challenges – for her and also for those she’s left behind.; EPUB; Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction, International Monetary Fund<

ISBN: 9781448156238

*We Need New Names* - From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of GLORY / epub eBook für 8.99 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Unterhaltung Medien > Bücher nein eBook als epub e… Mehr…

*We Need New Names* - From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of GLORY / epub eBook für 8.99 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Unterhaltung Medien > Bücher nein eBook als epub eBooks > Belletristik > Unterhaltung, Random House UK Ltd<