
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Elliot Perlman(Author)
Faber & Faber (Publisher)
Published on 5. August 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
624 pages
978-0-571-20717-6 (ISBN)
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Description
At once a psychological thriller and a social critique, Seven Types of Ambiguity is a novel of obsessive love in an age of obsessive materialism. Following years of unrequited love, an out-of-work schoolteacher decides to take matters into his own hands, triggering a chain of events no one could have anticipated. This is a story of impulse and paralysis, of empty marriages, lovers and a small boy, gambling and the market, of adult children and their parents, of poetry and prostitution, psychiatry and the law. Published to huge acclaim in the author's native Australia, Seven Types of Ambiguity was hailed as 'a tour de force' (The Age) and described as 'Perlman's achingly humane, richly layered and seamlessly constructed masterpiece' (Canberra Times).
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
815 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-20717-6 (9780571207176)
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Elliot Perlmanis the acclaimed author of a collection of short stories and two novels,Three Dollars, the film adaptation of which was released in 2005, andSeven Types of Ambiguity, which was a 'New York Times Notable Book' and a national bestseller in France, where it was described 'one of the best novels of recent years, a complete success'(Le Monde). A barrister, he lived in New York for many years and currently lives in Melbourne.