Lara Williams


The Odyssey

Williams, Lara | THE ODYSSEY


BoklivArtikelnr: 9780241991657

En kvinna arbetar på en lyxkryssare, där hon konfronterar sin förflutna och utforskar konsumtionssamhällets mörka sidor.

  • En originell och tankeväckande roman.

  • Utforskar teman kring konsumtionssamhället.

  • Utgiven som pocket.

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REA-pris148 kr

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Bindning: Pocket

Bokförlag: Penguin
ISBN: 9780241991657

Omfång: 272 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2023-04-06

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Meet Ingrid. She works on a gargantuan luxury cruise liner, where she spends her days reorganizing the merchandise and waiting for long-term guests to drop dead in the changing rooms. On her days off, she disembarks from the ship and gets blind drunk on whatever the local alcohol is. It's not a bad life. And it distracts her from thinking about the other life she left behind five years ago. Until one day she is selected for the employee mentorship scheme - an initiative run by the ship's mysterious captain and self-anointed lifestyle guru, Keith, who pushes Ingrid further than she thought possible. But sooner or later, she will have to ask herself: how far is too far? Utterly original, mischievous and thought-provoking, The Odyssey is a merciless takedown of consumer capitalism and our anxious, ill-fated quests for something to believe in. And as its title suggests, it is a voyage that will eventually lead its unlikely heroine all the way home. Though she'd do almost anything to avoid getting there...

Meet Ingrid. She works on a gargantuan luxury cruise liner, where she spends her days reorganizing the merchandise and waiting for long-term guests to drop dead in the changing rooms. On her days off, she disembarks from the ship and gets blind drunk on whatever the local alcohol is. It's not a bad life. And it distracts her from thinking about the other life she left behind five years ago. Until one day she is selected for the employee mentorship scheme - an initiative run by the ship's mysterious captain and self-anointed lifestyle guru, Keith, who pushes Ingrid further than she thought possible. But sooner or later, she will have to ask herself: how far is too far? Utterly original, mischievous and thought-provoking, The Odyssey is a merciless takedown of consumer capitalism and our anxious, ill-fated quests for something to believe in. And as its title suggests, it is a voyage that will eventually lead its unlikely heroine all the way home. Though she'd do almost anything to avoid getting there...

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Vanliga frågor om The Odyssey av Lara Williams

Boken handlar om Ingrid som arbetar på ett lyxkryssningsfartyg och konfronterar sina livsval och gränser genom ett mentorsprogram, vilket ger en kritisk reflektion över konsumtionssamhället.

Boken riktar sig till läsare av skönlitteratur som är intresserade av existentiella frågor och kritik av konsumtionskapitalismen.

Exemplaret är en pocketutgåva, publicerad den 6 april 2023 av Penguin och omfattar 272 sidor.

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