Desmond a des problèmes d'ouïe. Et d'ennui. Professeur de linguistique fraîchement retraité, il consacre son ordinaire à la lecture du Guardian, aux activités culturo-mondaines de son épouse, dont la boutique de décoration est devenue la coqueluche de la ville, et à son père de plus en plus isolé là-bas dans son petit pavillon londonien.
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Contemporary, classical in form, intimate and spare.
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- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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- Author
- David Lodge
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 479
- Publisher
- Éd. Payot & Rivages, Éd. France loisirs
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- French
- ISBN
- 9782743620950
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David Lodge (born January 28, 1935, London, England—died January 1, 2025, Birmingham, England) was an English novelist, literary critic, playwright, and editor known chiefly for his satiric novels about academic life, especially the Campus trilogy: Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses (1975), Small World: An Academic Romance (1984), and Nice Work (1988). Lodge was educated at University College, London (B.A., 1955; M.A., 1959), and at the University of Birmingham (Ph.D., 1967). His early novels, known mostly in England, included The Picturegoers (1960), about a group of Roman Catholics living in London; Ginger, You’re Barmy (1962), Lodge’s novelistic response to his army service in the mi
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