A Man Who Knows
Maurice Lesca, the sour hero of A Man Who Knows, is fifty-seven -- older than Bove's other protagonists, not much wiser, no less painfully comical in his failures and confusions. Though he is well educated, financial and amorous miscalculations have leveled him. A failed doctor, he lives in poverty with his widowed sister, whom he sees only at mealtime.Kept Afloat by odd handouts from family and connections, Lesca also milks his remaining acquaintances. When he starts visiting a divorcee who runs a dim little bookshop and encourages her to extort more money from her ex-husband, he begins to sow the seeds of dissatisfaction and distrust that w…
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Weitere Autoren: Louth, Janet (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8101-6057-6
- EAN: 9780810160576
- Produktnummer: 9324365
- Verlag: Northwestern Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 136 S.
- Masse: H21.4 cm x B13.5 cm x D1.1 cm 177 g
- Auflage: Translated
- Gewicht: 177
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