{"product_id":"riddley-walker-russell-hoban","title":"Riddley Walker (Russell Hoban)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is what literature is meant to be'  Anthony Burgess\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'O what we ben! And what we come to...'\u003c\/i\u003e Wandering a desolate post-apocalyptic landscape, speaking a broken-down English lost after the end of civilization, Riddley Walker sets out to find out what brought humanity here. This is his story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Funny, terrible, haunting and unsettling, this book is a masterpiece' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A timeless portrayal of the human condition ... frightening and uncanny' Will Self\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book that I could read every day forever and still be finding things' Max Porter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn his death in 2011, \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003edescribed \u003cb\u003eRussell Hoban\u003c\/b\u003e as 'perhaps the most consistently strange writer of the late 20th century'.  He thought and wrote in an extraordinary range of genres, becoming first a bestselling writer of children's books, particularly the immortal \u003ci\u003eFrances \u003c\/i\u003estories and his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Mouse and His Child \u003c\/i\u003e(1968).  After its publication he continued to write for children (most notably perhaps the \u003ci\u003eCaptain Najork \u003c\/i\u003ebooks with Quentin Blake and \u003ci\u003eThe Marzipan Pig\u003c\/i\u003e), but focussed most of his energies on a sequence of wonderful novels, which began with \u003ci\u003eThe Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz \u003c\/i\u003e(1973) and ended with \u003ci\u003eAngelica Lost and Found \u003c\/i\u003e(2010). He also wrote the libretto for Harrison Birtwistle's opera \u003ci\u003eThe Second Mrs Kong\u003c\/i\u003e (1994).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis novels were wildly various, but share his obsession with objects, animals, specific works of art and pieces of music, his love of words and sense of humour.  Penguin Modern Classics publishes his first eight novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKleinzeit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTurtle Diary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRiddley Walker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePilgermann\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Medusa Frequency\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFremder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMr Rinyo-Clacton's Offer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65987916104029,"sku":"K089065246","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8906524600001A.jpg?v=1790061602","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/riddley-walker-russell-hoban","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}