Golden House

 von Salman Rushdie

Schlagworte:

• Englische sprache |
• Usa |
• New york |
• Gesellschaft |
• Skrupellosigkeit |
• Aufstieg |
• Fall |
• Originalsprache

Katalogkarte (ausblenden) :

R 82

Verfasser:   Rushdie, Salman
Titel:   The Golden House : a novel / Salman Rushdie

Verlag:   London : Vintage
Erscheinungsjahr:   2018
Ausgabebezeichnung:   5. Auflage, first published
Umfang/Format:   370 Seiten ; 20 cm
ISBN / Einband / Preis:   ISBN 978-1-78470-709-5 (kart.) : EUR 11,50

beteiligte Person:   Rushdie, Salman
Schlagworte:   ENGLISCHE SPRACHE ; USA ; NEW YORK ; GESELLSCHAFT ; SKRUPELLOSIGKEIT ; AUFSTIEG ; FALL ; ORIGINALSPRACHE
Systematik:   R 82 (Englisch          Fremdsprachige Belletristik)
Sprache(n):  Englisch

On the day of Barack Obamas inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of the Gardens, a cloistered community in New Yorks Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family. Along with his improbable name, untraceable accent, and unmistakable whiff of danger, Nero Golden has brought along his three adult sons: agoraphobic, alcoholic Petya, a brilliant recluse with a tortured mind; Apu, the flamboyant artist, sexually and spiritually omnivorous, famous on twenty blocks; and D, at twenty-two the baby of the family, harboring an explosive secret even from himself. There is no mother, no wife; at least not until Vasilisa, a sleek Russian expat, snags the septuagenarian Nero, becoming the queen to his kinga queen in want of an heir.Our guide to the Goldens world is their neighbor René, an ambitious young filmmaker. Researching a movie about the Goldens, he ingratiates himself into their household. Seduced by their mystique, he is inevitably implicated in their quarrels, their infidelities, and, indeed, their crimes. Meanwhile, like a bad joke, a certain comic-book villain embarks upon a crass presidential run that turns New York upside-down.Set against the strange and exuberant backdrop of current American culture and politics, The Golden House also marks Salman Rushdies triumphant and exciting return to realism. The result is a modern epic of love and terrorism, loss and reinventiona powerful, timely story told with the daring and panache that make Salman Rushdie a force of light in our dark new age.




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