Kissing in Manhattan af David Schickler (Bog)

Forfatter: David Schickler
Sprog: Engelsk
Antal sider: 290
Forlag: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Udgivelsesår: 2002
Hilarious, sexy, and deeply tender, Kissing in Manhattan was one of the most celebrated debuts in recent years. Acclaimed author David Schickler’s collection of linked stories follows a troupe of love-hungry urbanites through a charmed metropolis and into the Preemption--a mythic Manhattan apartment building. The Preemption sets the stage for a romantic fantasy as exuberant, dark, and dazzling as the city it occupies. Behind closed doors, the paths of an improbable cast of tenants--a seductive perfume heiress; a crabby, misunderstood actor; a preternaturally sharp-sighted priest--tangle and cross, while a perilous love triangle builds around three characters: James Branch, a shy young accountant with an unusual love for the Preemption’s antique elevator, and a strange destiny... Patrick Rigg, a Wall Street lothario who soothes his pain by seducing beautiful women, carrying a gun, and attending the nightly sermons of a foreboding priest... Rally McWilliams, a fetching, hopeful young writer who roams the city at night, searching for the soulmate she believes in but can’t find... Charged with joy and a deadly sense of humor, Kissing in Manhattan is a daring new writer’s vision of a world where men and women, good and evil, love and sex, meet, battle, and embrace on every street corner.
Titel: Kissing in Manhattan
Udgave: 1. udgave

Sammendrag: Novellesamling med løst forbundne, mørkt humoristiske kærlighedsfortællinger fra Manhattan. I centrum står den sagnomspundne lejlighedsbygning The Preemption, hvor en broget flok storbyboere krydser hinandens veje. En genert revisor, en Wall Street‑forfører og en ung aspirerende forfatter vikles ind i et farligt trekantsdrama, mens andre beboere – bl.a. en parfume‑arving, en misforstået skuespiller og en usædvanligt klarsynet præst – kæmper med begær, tro, frygt og længslen efter kærlighed. Teksterne kombinerer skæv romantik, sort komedie og fabulerende elementer og tegner et portræt af New York som både forlystelsespark og mareridt.
Type: Paperback