A David Lodge Trilogy: Changing Places, Small World, Nice Work - Couverture souple

Lodge, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140172971 ISBN 13 : 9780140172973

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 1993

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR

'A trio of dazzling novels in a comic mode that the author has now made completely his own... a cause for celebration' New York Times Review of Books

The plot lines of The Campus Trilogy, radiating from its hub at the redbrick University of Rummidge, trace the comic adventures of academics who move outside familiar territory. Beginning in the late 60s Changing Places follows the undistinguished English lecturer Philip Swallow and hotshot American professor Morris Zapp as they exchange jobs, habitats and eventually wives. Small World sees Swallow, Zapp, Persse McGarrigle and the beautiful Angelica Pabst jet-set about the international conference scene, combining academic infighting and tourism, esoteric chat and romance. And finally, the feminist lecturer Robyn Penrose swaps the industrial novel for a hard hat in Nice Work as she shadows the factory boss Victor Wilcox. Sparks fly when their beliefs and lifestyles collide.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This omnibus lines up David Lodge’s trio of brilliantly comic novels that revolve around the University of Rummidge and the lives of its role-swapping academics. When Philip Swallow, lecturer in English at Rummidge, changes places with flamboyant Morris Zapp of Euphoric State University, USA, trouble ensues. Then, ten years on, older but not noticeably wiser, they are let loose on the international conference circuit - a veritable academic carnival. And finally, Dr Robyn Penrose becomes part of a scheme to learn about industry instead of reading about it, with hilarious results. David Lodge exposes the dizzy pursuit of knowledge – literary, commercial, romantic and erotic – with unparalleled wit and insight.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0140172971
• ISBN 13: 9780140172973
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 912