The Constant Rabit: The Sunday Times Bestseller
Autor Jasper Ffordeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 iul 2021
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR. THE MOST ORIGINAL BOOK OF 2021
'Sheer inventiveness, wit, complexity, erudition, unexpectedness and originality' The Times
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The village of Much Hemlock has always been a right-wing stronghold. British. Solid. Traditional.
Then they move in. They're different from everyone else: they have a weird religion, an aggressive vegan agenda, and too many children. They may seem quiet and peace-loving, but who knows where it could lead?
They are a family of human-sized rabbits, the result of an inexplicable anthropomorphising event half a century before.
With a mass rehoming to Wales for 1.2 million rabbits looming, long-term resident Peter Knox is drawn from his customary spot on the fence and must choose his corner: a cosy job-for-life at the Rabbit Compliance Taskforce, or stand with the rabbits - and weather the full brunt of human savagery.
It'll take a rabbit to teach a human humanity . . .
PRAISE FOR JASPER FFORDE
'The Constant Rabbit is Jasper Fforde's most chilling and realistic book yet' Guardian
'You won't read anything quite like this in 2020 - or beyond that too' CultureFly
'Is there anyone who can write satire quite like Fforde?. . . An astonishingly well-crafted work of social and political satire.' Kirkus
'Fforde presents a milquetoast cog in an absurdly bureaucratic wheel, this time cleverly skewering Brexit, conservative politics, and white supremacy in this surprisingly uplifting tale of one man doing his best, even if it is the bare minimum.' Booklist
'The Constant Rabbit is designed to shake readers out of that complacency: to recognise that merely holding liberal values is not enough to prevent the quickening advance of racism and xenophobia in this country. One must act.' Financial Times
'A serious minded comedy' Mail on Sunday
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1444763644
Pagini: 307
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Hodder Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
A political satire cloaked in Fforde's trademark bizarre whimsy, the novel reads like a crazed cross between Watership Down and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Fforde's engaging writing has created a story that is a clever blend of the biting allegorical satire we expect from Orwell's greatest hits and the good-natured adventures of Michael Bond's naïve and kind-hearted Paddington Bear.
Jasper Fforde's most chilling and realistic book yet
The Constant Rabbit is designed to shake readers out of that complacency: to recognise that merely holding liberal values is not enough to prevent the quickening advance of racism and xenophobia in this country.
It's huge fun too, with all the inventive wordplay, impeccable worldbuilding and fiendish plotting that Fforde's "Constant Readers" have come to expect.
Fuelled by Fforde's trademark wit, imagination and brilliantly bizarre world-building... You won't read anything quite like this in 2020 - or beyond that too.
Sheer inventiveness, wit, complexity, erudition, unexpectedness and originality
A born wordsmith of effervescent imagination
Forget all the rules of time, space and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure
Brilliantly funny . . . His relentless imagination and his affection for his characters are contagious and irresistible
True literary comic genius
Reading a Fforde novel feels like taking off on a magic carpet, only to be picked up by another and another and taken on new flights of fantasy . . . you just sit back and enjoy the ride
Jasper Fforde's entertaining, surprisingly thoughtful yet fleet-footed new book-a standalone novel with a climax so dramatic, irrevocable, perfect yet unpredictable that it seems impossible to extend the book to a series-is the comedic master's foray into this thematic realm. It is, as one might expect, by turns droll and hilarious, poignant and cruel, hopeful and despairing. In other words, a true comedy in depth, a form that is not mere mindless japes and slapstick, but one which counsels us that if we don't laugh, we must cry.
An astonishingly well-crafted work of social and political satire
Lovely little satire...wonderfully imaginative and very funny.