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| Original Title: | The Post-Birthday World |
| ISBN: | 0061187844 (ISBN13: 9780061187841) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Irina McGovern, Lawrence Trainer, Ramsey Acton |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
Lionel Shriver
Hardcover | Pages: 528 pages Rating: 3.54 | 13011 Users | 1859 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Post-Birthday World |
| Author | : | Lionel Shriver |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition (US/CAN) |
| Pages | : | Pages: 528 pages |
| Published | : | March 13th 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers (first published 2007) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Romance. Novels. Book Club. Literary Fiction. Relationships |
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In this eagerly awaited new novel, Lionel Shriver, the Orange Prize-winning author of the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, delivers an imaginative and entertaining look at the implications, large and small, of whom we choose to love. Using a playful parallel-universe structure, The Post-Birthday World follows one woman's future as it unfolds under the influence of two drastically different men.Children's book illustrator Irina McGovern enjoys a quiet and settled life in London with her partner, fellow American expatriate Lawrence Trainer, a smart, loyal, disciplined intellectual at a prestigious think tank. To their small circle of friends, their relationship is rock solid. Until the night Irina unaccountably finds herself dying to kiss another man: their old friend from South London, the stylish, extravagant, passionate top-ranking snooker player Ramsey Acton. The decision to give in to temptation will have consequences for her career, her relationships with family and friends, and perhaps most importantly the texture of her daily life.
Hinging on a single kiss, this enchanting work of fiction depicts Irina's alternating futures with two men temperamentally worlds apart yet equally honorable. With which true love Irina is better off is neither obvious nor easy to determine, but Shriver's exploration of the two destinies is memorable and gripping. Poignant and deeply honest, written with the subtlety and wit that are the hallmarks of Shriver's work, The Post-Birthday World appeals to the what-if in us all.
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Ratings: 3.54 From 13011 Users | 1859 ReviewsPiece Based On Books The Post-Birthday World
Another wonderful novel by Shriver, essentially via a dual perspective for Irina McGovern, children's book illustrator, what happens if she stays with Mr Sensible Vs what happens if she goes off with Mr Exciting a surprising surprising and good read. Lionel Shriver's follow up to We Need to Talk About Kevin, covers in large and also surprising small detail the the outcomes, outputs and feeling that result from whom we choose to love, using this playful parallel-universe style of storytelling. 7Ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble *deep breath* ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble ramble I just watched that Community episode that has the "Nicolas Cage: Good or Bad?" class. Shriver is the writer equivalent of Nicolas Cage, though far less prolific than I'd like. Some pages you're like, 'Omg, she can't say that! Well, who's stopping her? That's so true and hilarious and dark and compassionate at the same
2.5 stars - It was alright, an average book. The author has a way with words and I enjoyed the beauty of several passages. However, the plot did not do it for me and it felt like the book was repetitive, taking forever to advance the storyline. Overall a mixed bag, but I would definitely consider reading another novel by Shriver.-------------------------------------------Favorite Quote: But one of the things you lose in the wisdom of age is the wisdom of youth. Education is not a steady process
Wow. Add Lionel Shriver to that list of authors whose work makes me despair of ever writing anything worth reading. Her vocabulary is nearly as impressive as the way she wields it, making even the smallest of moments feel utterly profound and poignant. The scope of this novel is somewhat ordinary: Our protagonist, Irina, is a middle-aged woman sleepwalking through a decade-long relationship with her live-in boyfriend, Lawrence, when a surprising moment of chemistry presents her with the choice
This book has a plotline that could have been so cheesy - but comes out so well. In the first chapter, mild-mannered childrens book author Irina McGovern goes on a birthday dinner with Ramsey Acton, a snooker star in London. Irina's long-term partner, Lawrence, is absent, at a conference in Sarajevo, and Ramsey's recent divorce from his wife, mean that Irina and Ramsey are alone for the first time in their history. They end up at his house, against the snooker table, and Irina either does - or
Read the first 100+ pages and decided I couldn't continue on... I simply didn't CARE about what happened to ANY of the characters. I didn't even read the last chapter to see how it ended. After reassurances that it got better, I picked it up again last night. I skimmed the snooker crap, which cut out about 1/2 the remaining 400 pages... while I do admit it DID get a tad better, the sex was unneccessary (not just sour grapes since I haven't gotten any in months) and the characters were not at all
As I was compulsively reading this, I caught myself thinking I hadn't been this caught up in a book about the choices women are called upon to make since Tess of the d'Urbervilles. As soon as I finished it I thought the comparison wasn't quite so specious after all.Irina Galina McGovern, a Russian American children's book illustrator living in London, faces some tough choices in mid-life. On the surface these choices may seem superficial, a mere matter of choosing between two men. But in fact
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