Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
'So Marvellous That it Often Stops One in One's Tracks.' Observer
Published on 6. January 2011
160 pages
978-0-571-27507-6 (ISBN)
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'She writes with such panache, such extraordinary perception and wit, that not a single sentence is wasted.' Elizabeth Day
'A forensically brave writer, acutely attuned to life's randomness, with a semantic virtuosity rarely equalled.' Telegraph
'A fiction writer with as fine a bead on contemporary life and relationships and absurdity as anyone writing today. . . . Startling, painful, funny.' Elle
'The most irresistible contemporary American writer.' New York Times Book Review
A brilliantly funny and sharply observant novel from one of the most acclaimed American writers of her generation.
This novel follows the lives of two 11-year-olds intent on escaping childhood. As the strength of their friendship is tested repeatedly, they begin to take their first, exhilarating steps towards adulthood.
'A forensically brave writer, acutely attuned to life's randomness, with a semantic virtuosity rarely equalled.' Telegraph
'A fiction writer with as fine a bead on contemporary life and relationships and absurdity as anyone writing today. . . . Startling, painful, funny.' Elle
'The most irresistible contemporary American writer.' New York Times Book Review
A brilliantly funny and sharply observant novel from one of the most acclaimed American writers of her generation.
This novel follows the lives of two 11-year-olds intent on escaping childhood. As the strength of their friendship is tested repeatedly, they begin to take their first, exhilarating steps towards adulthood.
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Main
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English
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London
United Kingdom
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0,80 MB
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978-0-571-27507-6 (9780571275076)
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Lorrie Moore
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
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07/1995
Faber & Faber
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Lorrie Moore, after serving for almost three decades as the Delmore Schwartz Professor in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. Moore has received numerous grants and awards, from among others: the Lannan Foundation, the National Books Critics Circle, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her most recent novel, A Gate at the Stairs, was shortlisted for the 2010 Orange Prize.
