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J

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An edition of J (2014)

J

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"A profound, darkly comedic parable set in a future where collective memory has vanished following a historic catastrophe, and one young couple's love affair could have shattering consequences for the human race. In a world where the past is a dangerous country, not to be talked about or visited, J is a love story of incomparable strangeness, both tender and terrifying. After the devastation of WHAT HAPPENED, IF IT HAPPENED, all that should remain is peace and prosperity. Everyone knows his or her place; all actions are out in the open. But Esme Nussbaum has seen the distorted realities, the fissures that have only widened in the twenty-plus years since she was forced to resign from her position at the monitor of the Public Mood. Now, Esme finds something strange and special developing in a romance between Ailinn Solomons and Kevern Cohen. As this unusual pair's actions draw them into ever-increasing danger, Esme realizes she must do everything in her power to keep them together--whatever the cost. With a sense of the dramatic sweep of Michael Ondaatje and the dystopian, literary sensibility of Margaret Atwood, Howard Jacobson's J is an astonishing feat of fiction. In this exquisitely written, beautifully playful and imaginative, and terribly heart-breaking work, Jacobson gathers his prodigious gifts for the crowning achievement of a remarkable career"--

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Publisher
Hogarth
Language
English
Pages
342

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J: a novel
2014, Hogarth
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Edition Notes

Shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2014

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6060.A32 J12 2014, PR6060.A32J12 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
342 pages ;
Number of pages
342

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26465976M
Internet Archive
jnovel0000jaco
ISBN 10
0553419552, 0553419560
ISBN 13
9780553419559, 9780553419566, 9780553419573
LCCN
2014020264
OCLC/WorldCat
885148286
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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