{"product_id":"temporary-hilary-leichter","title":"Temporary (Hilary Leichter)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Terrifyingly entertaining.' Kelly Link\u003cbr\u003e'Masterful.' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Alice in Wonderland set in the gig economy.' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What is this?' \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2020 First Novel Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18 boyfriends. 23 jobs. One ghost who occasionally pops in to give advice. Welcome to the world of the Temporary. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'There is nothing more personal than doing your job'. \u003c\/i\u003eSo goes the motto of the Temporary, as she takes job after job, in search of steadiness, belonging, and something to call her own. Aided by her bespoke agency and a cast of boyfriends - each allotted their own task (the handy boyfriend, the culinary boyfriend, the real estate boyfriend) - she is happy to fill in for any of us: for the Chairman of the Board, a ghost, a murderer, a mother. Even for you, and for me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWild, hopeful, infinitely sad and infinitely funny, \u003ci\u003eTemporary\u003c\/i\u003e is the smartest, most humane story of what it is to work and live, here and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilary Leichter has been published in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eCut,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches writing at Columbia University and has been awarded fellowships from the Folger Shakespeare Library and the New York Foundation for the Arts. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65805712064861,"sku":"K088940375","price":14.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8894037500001A.jpg?v=1788469132","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/temporary-hilary-leichter","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}