'Sharp, provocative... You won't be able to look away' Observer
'Acerbic... A lacerating comedy of manners' Telegraph
Céline Wachowski is in free fall. The internationally renowned architect, host of a hit Netflix show and charismatic liberal icon, has just unveiled plans for a major project in her hometown of Montreal - the ravishing new headquarters for a multinational tech company. It should be the jewel in her glittering crown; but an initial spark of dissent ignites into a full-blown scandal, with Céline's firm excoriated for destroying fragile communities, ushering in a new wave of gentrification and even deadlier crimes. As furious protestors and critical media chip away at her empire, Céline tries to shore up her splendid world that once seemed so secure.
With flowing prose that glints with irony, Kev Lambert infiltrates the upper echelons of society to depict the dreams and anxieties on which skyscrapers are built. This is a dazzlingly stylish social novel about the ways wealth shapes our world - and the seductive fictions of the powerful.
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Winner ofthe Prix Médicis, Prix Décembre and Prix Ringuet, and longlised for the Prix Goncourt
'A novel about the housing crisis told from the perspective of those causing it... Lambert's writing is lyrical and rapturous' Heather O'Neill, author of When We Lost Our Heads
"Sharp, provocative... Embeds ever-timely themes - greed, hypocrisy, privilege - in a narrative that blends satire and lyricism, whimsy and voyeurism... You won't be able to look away" - Observer
"Acerbic... A lacerating comedy of manners that skewers the hypocrisy not only of the super-rich but of society itself" - Telegraph
"This is a novel that makes readers take mordant notice of the world around them - but it is more than a mere succession of clever scores on self-aggrandizing elite progressivism... Impressive" - TLS
"Virtuosic... One of our most subtle and perceptive novelists... Elegant and vicious... At a time when many fiction writers feel pressure to write socially useful literature, Lambert's refusal to deal in solutions feels like an invigorating slap in the face" - The Walrus
"Cancel culture relies on sudden, decisive judgements. May Our Joy Endure does not, and is all the better for that. It's a swirling, dizzying novel, one in which Lambert seems to take a kind of cheeky pleasure in toying with expectations and swerving resolutions" - Literary Review
"A hypnotic narrative about greed and inequality, hypocrisy, and, not least, a 'dangerous notion of purity'... An astute critique of entrenched power" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Merciless... Between the cracks of its shifting perspective, the book's darkness seeps through and creates a narrative landslide... A reader's delight" - Le Monde
"A cruel and brilliant fresco... a Proustian novel set in the age of reality TV" - L'Obs
"Brilliantly explores and satirizes the world of the ultra-rich, the galloping gentrification of neighborhoods, and the incestuous and parasitic links between political and economic circles" - Fugues
"Equal parts Proust, Woolf, and Gossip Girl, the novel's intimate perspective roves between Céline and her employees, confidantes, and antagonists like a canny eavesdropper at a party, showcasing Lambert's gimlet eye for the delusions and designer preferences of the 1 percent" - The Walrus
"Lambert's finely crafted literary edifice is intellectually brilliant, forcing us to think about the privilege of some and the suffering of others" - Le Devoir
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'Acerbic... A lacerating comedy of manners' Telegraph
Céline Wachowski is in free fall. The internationally renowned architect, host of a hit Netflix show and charismatic liberal icon, has just unveiled plans for a major project in her hometown of Montreal - the ravishing new headquarters for a multinational tech company. It should be the jewel in her glittering crown; but an initial spark of dissent ignites into a full-blown scandal, with Céline's firm excoriated for destroying fragile communities, ushering in a new wave of gentrification and even deadlier crimes. As furious protestors and critical media chip away at her empire, Céline tries to shore up her splendid world that once seemed so secure.
With flowing prose that glints with irony, Kev Lambert infiltrates the upper echelons of society to depict the dreams and anxieties on which skyscrapers are built. This is a dazzlingly stylish social novel about the ways wealth shapes our world - and the seductive fictions of the powerful.
_
Winner ofthe Prix Médicis, Prix Décembre and Prix Ringuet, and longlised for the Prix Goncourt
'A novel about the housing crisis told from the perspective of those causing it... Lambert's writing is lyrical and rapturous' Heather O'Neill, author of When We Lost Our Heads
"Sharp, provocative... Embeds ever-timely themes - greed, hypocrisy, privilege - in a narrative that blends satire and lyricism, whimsy and voyeurism... You won't be able to look away" - Observer
"Acerbic... A lacerating comedy of manners that skewers the hypocrisy not only of the super-rich but of society itself" - Telegraph
"This is a novel that makes readers take mordant notice of the world around them - but it is more than a mere succession of clever scores on self-aggrandizing elite progressivism... Impressive" - TLS
"Virtuosic... One of our most subtle and perceptive novelists... Elegant and vicious... At a time when many fiction writers feel pressure to write socially useful literature, Lambert's refusal to deal in solutions feels like an invigorating slap in the face" - The Walrus
"Cancel culture relies on sudden, decisive judgements. May Our Joy Endure does not, and is all the better for that. It's a swirling, dizzying novel, one in which Lambert seems to take a kind of cheeky pleasure in toying with expectations and swerving resolutions" - Literary Review
"A hypnotic narrative about greed and inequality, hypocrisy, and, not least, a 'dangerous notion of purity'... An astute critique of entrenched power" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Merciless... Between the cracks of its shifting perspective, the book's darkness seeps through and creates a narrative landslide... A reader's delight" - Le Monde
"A cruel and brilliant fresco... a Proustian novel set in the age of reality TV" - L'Obs
"Brilliantly explores and satirizes the world of the ultra-rich, the galloping gentrification of neighborhoods, and the incestuous and parasitic links between political and economic circles" - Fugues
"Equal parts Proust, Woolf, and Gossip Girl, the novel's intimate perspective roves between Céline and her employees, confidantes, and antagonists like a canny eavesdropper at a party, showcasing Lambert's gimlet eye for the delusions and designer preferences of the 1 percent" - The Walrus
"Lambert's finely crafted literary edifice is intellectually brilliant, forcing us to think about the privilege of some and the suffering of others" - Le Devoir
Формат: Скан PDf
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