The Tap Dancer
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Все хотят поскорее уйти на пенсию с государственной службы, не так ли? Стареющий патриарх надеется поскорее насладиться заслуженным отдыхом и почитанием семьи, а может, даже начать посещать мюзик-холлы и активно участвовать в столичной жизни. Если бы только люди делали то, что им говорят…
Его четвертый сын Уильям, многострадальный рассказчик, постоянно становится объектом шуток отца и жертвой равнодушия братьев. Но пережив смерть близкого, развод и другие мрачные трагедии, отец и сын обретут странную гармонию.
Книга на английском языке.
Winner of the McKitterick Prize for best first novel by an author aged over 40, and the Hawthornden Prize for imaginative literature.
Everyone craves retirement from the Civil Service, don’t they? That time for an ageing patriarch to enjoy the fruits of a well-earned pension and the respect of his family; maybe even to indulge in a love of music halls and metropolitan life. If only people would listen and do as they were told…
His fourth son William, the long-suffering narrator, is the constant butt of his father’s jokes and victim of his brothers’ indifference. But as death, divorce and other darker dramas follow, father and son slowly establish a strange harmony.
Его четвертый сын Уильям, многострадальный рассказчик, постоянно становится объектом шуток отца и жертвой равнодушия братьев. Но пережив смерть близкого, развод и другие мрачные трагедии, отец и сын обретут странную гармонию.
Книга на английском языке.
Winner of the McKitterick Prize for best first novel by an author aged over 40, and the Hawthornden Prize for imaginative literature.
Everyone craves retirement from the Civil Service, don’t they? That time for an ageing patriarch to enjoy the fruits of a well-earned pension and the respect of his family; maybe even to indulge in a love of music halls and metropolitan life. If only people would listen and do as they were told…
His fourth son William, the long-suffering narrator, is the constant butt of his father’s jokes and victim of his brothers’ indifference. But as death, divorce and other darker dramas follow, father and son slowly establish a strange harmony.