T.C. Boyle Stories

作者: T.C. Boyle 著

出版社: Penguin

出版时间: 1999-11

ISBN: 9780140280913

定价: 162.70

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 704页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

LinguistJeremyCookknowshowlanguageworks,buthedoesn'tknowhowmarriageworks.Infact,heisstrangelyhostiletotheinstitution.SoCookisnaturallyuneasyabouthisjobwiththePillowAgency,aSt.Louisfirmspecializingin"thelinguisticallytroubledmarriage."HisassignmentistomoveinwithDanandBethWilson,aprosperoussuburbancouplewithanimpoverishedrelationship,toanalyzetheirverbalproblemsandhelpthem-ifhecan.AsCookcatalogstheWilsons'missedsignsandmissedsignals,hebecomesincreasingly,mostunscientifically,involved.InthetraditionofStephenMcCauley'sTheOnjectofMyAffection,hereisthecriticallyacclaimedfourthnovelfromtheauthorofDoubleNegative.TheLosAngelesTimespraisedTheFullCatastropheas"eccentric,hilarious,wildlyinventiveandeerilyaccurate...(a)terrificbook."AdvertisinginNewYorkTimesBookReview. T.C.Boyleistheauthorofelevennovels,includingWorld'sEnd(winnerofthePEN/FaulknerAward),DropCity(aNewYorkTimesbestsellerandfinalistfortheNationalBookAward),andTheInnerCircle.HismostrecentstorycollectionsareToothandClawandTheHumanFlyandOtherStories.
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LinguistJeremyCookknowshowlanguageworks,buthedoesn'tknowhowmarriageworks.Infact,heisstrangelyhostiletotheinstitution.SoCookisnaturallyuneasyabouthisjobwiththePillowAgency,aSt.Louisfirmspecializingin"thelinguisticallytroubledmarriage."HisassignmentistomoveinwithDanandBethWilson,aprosperoussuburbancouplewithanimpoverishedrelationship,toanalyzetheirverbalproblemsandhelpthem-ifhecan.AsCookcatalogstheWilsons'missedsignsandmissedsignals,hebecomesincreasingly,mostunscientifically,involved.InthetraditionofStephenMcCauley'sTheOnjectofMyAffection,hereisthecriticallyacclaimedfourthnovelfromtheauthorofDoubleNegative.TheLosAngelesTimespraisedTheFullCatastropheas"eccentric,hilarious,wildlyinventiveandeerilyaccurate...(a)terrificbook."AdvertisinginNewYorkTimesBookReview.
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T.C.Boyleistheauthorofelevennovels,includingWorld'sEnd(winnerofthePEN/FaulknerAward),DropCity(aNewYorkTimesbestsellerandfinalistfortheNationalBookAward),andTheInnerCircle.HismostrecentstorycollectionsareToothandClawandTheHumanFlyandOtherStories.

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