{"product_id":"poor-things-alasdair-gray-9781526657886","title":"Poor Things (Alasdair Gray)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF FOUR ACADEMY AWARDS, FIVE BAFTAS, and TWO GOLDEN GLOBES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e STARRING EMMA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE FAVOURITE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA life without freedom to choose is not worth having.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGodwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realised when he finds the drowned body of the beautiful Bella, who he brings back to life in a \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e-esque feat. But his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for his creation . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what does Bella think?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis story of true love and scientific daring whirls the reader from the private operating-theatres of late-Victorian Glasgow through aristocratic casinos, low-life Alexandria and a Parisian bordello, reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Visionary, ornate and outrageous' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty and delightfully written' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA brilliant marriage of technique, intelligence, and art.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' \u003c\/b\u003eAnthony Burgess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Those who, like me, are unsure if they are Alasdair Gray fans or not, ought to fall on \u003ci\u003ePoor Things\u003c\/i\u003e with delight, and not just because of the almost excessive beauty of its appearance'\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Hensher, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eALASDAIR GRAY won the the Whitbread and Guardian Awards for \u003ci\u003ePoor Things\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Prefaces\u003c\/i\u003e, the story-collection \u003ci\u003eTen Tales Tall and True\u003c\/i\u003e, and the groundbreaking modern classic \u003ci\u003eLanark\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 336 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65851642052957,"sku":"K097129226","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9712922600001A.jpg?v=1788809472","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/poor-things-alasdair-gray-9781526657886","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}