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Big Brother : A Novel by Lionel Shriver (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Then, when Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at the airport, she doesn t recognize him. What happened?. And it's not just the weight. But which loyalty is paramount, that of a wife or a sister?.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061458600
ISBN-139780061458606
eBay Product ID (ePID)172845230
Product Key Features
Book TitleBig Brother : a Novel
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFamily Life, American / General
Publication Year2014
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorLionel Shriver
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight10.7 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
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Reviews'Would I recommend Big Brother ? Absolutely. It confronts the touchy subject of American lard exuberantly and intelligently; it makes you think about what you put in your mouth and why.' ( Bloomberg ), The fellowship of Lionel Shriver fanatics is about to grow larger, so to speak. Big Brother , a tragicomic meditation on family and food, may be her best book yet., The ever-caustic Shriver has great fun at the expense of crash diets and a host of other sacred pop-culture, er, cows. Politically correct it's not, but Big Brother finds the funny - and the pathos - in fat., What would you do for love of a brother? For love of a husband? For love of food? In Big Brother , Shriver's new and wonderfully timely novel, her heroine wrestles with these vexing questions. Only the scales don't lie., Brilliantly imagined, beautifully written, and superbly entertaining, Shriver's novel confronts readers with the decisive question: can we save our loved ones from themselves? A must-read for Shriver fans, this novel will win over new readers as well., Her [Shriver's] best work-- Big Brother is her twelfth novel--presents characters so fully formed that they inhabit her ideas rather than trumpet them., The moving (and shocking) finale will have you thinking about the 'byzantine emotional mathematics' we all put ourselves through when overwhelmed with family responsibilities., Shriver is brilliant on the novel shock that is hunger. . . . Most of all, though, there's her glorious, fearless, almost fanatically hard-working prose., (A) delicious, highly readable novel . . . (which) raises challenging questions about how much a loving person can give to another without sacrificing his or her own well-being., Would I recommend Big Brother ? Absolutely. It confronts the touchy subject of American lard exuberantly and intelligently; it makes you think about what you put in your mouth and why., The latest compelling, humane and bleakly comic novel from the author of We Need to Talk about Kevin ., Shriver brilliantly explores the strength of sibling bonds versus the often more fragile ties of marriage., As a writer, Shriver's talents are many: She's especially skilled at playing with readers's reflexes for sympathy and revulsion, never letting us get too comfortable with whatever firm understanding we think we have of a character., [Shriver] has a knack for conveying subtle shifts in family dynamics. . . . Ms Shriver offers some sage observations. . . . Yet her main gift as a novelist is a talent for coolly nailing down uncomfortable realities., An intelligent meditation on food, guilt, and the real (and imagined) debts we owe the ones we love., The diet - the story of a heroically undertaken significant change - is pretty nearly irresistible. But what really powers this story, an outsize look at the most basic of human activities, eating, is a search for the definition, and appreciation, of 'ordinary life.', A great plot setup that presents an array of targets for Shriver to obliterate with her knife-sharp prose., A searing, addictive novel about the power and limitations of food, family, success, and desire. Shriver examines America's weight obsession with both razor-sharp insight and compassion., Big Brother is vintage Shriver - observant, unsettling, funny, but also, as Pandora admits, 'Very, very sad.', Lionel Shriver's Big Brother has the muscle to overpower its readers. It is a conversation piece of impressive heft.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisBig Brother is a striking novel about siblings, marriage, and obesity from Lionel Shriver, the acclaimed author the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin . For Pandora, cooking is a form of love. Alas, her husband, Fletcher, a self-employed high-end cabinetmaker, now spurns the "toxic" dishes that he'd savored through their courtship, and spends hours each day to manic cycling. Then, when Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at the airport, she doesn't recognize him. In the years since they've seen one another, the once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? After Edison has more than overstayed his welcome, Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum: It's him or me.Rich with Shriver's distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother is about fat: an issue both social and excruciatingly personal. It asks just how much sacrifice we'll make to save single members of our families, and whether it's ever possible to save loved ones from themselves., "Shriver is brilliant on the novel shock that is hunger. . . . With honesty, precision and humour, she conveys all the boredom and exhilaration of weight loss, along with its tendency to threaten the people around you." -- Guardian From the New York Times bestselling author Lionel Shriver, a striking novel about siblings, marriage, and obesity When Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at the Iowa airport, she doesn't recognize him. In the four years since she last saw him, the once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? And it's not just the weight. Edison breaks her husband Fletcher's handcrafted furniture, makes overkill breakfasts for the family, and entices her stepson not only to forgo college but to drop out of high school. After Edison has more than overstayed his welcome, Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum: it's him or me. But which loyalty is paramount, that of a wife or a sister? For without Pandora's support, surely Edison will eat himself into an early grave. Rich with Shriver's distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother is about fat--an issue both social and excruciatingly personal. It asks just how much we are obligated to help members of our families, and whether it's ever possible to save loved ones from themselves., Big Brother is a striking novel about siblings, marriage, and obesity from Lionel Shriver, the acclaimed author the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. For Pandora, cooking is a form of love. Alas, her husband, Fletcher, a self-employed high-end cabinetmaker, now spurns the "toxic" dishes that he'd savored through their courtship, and spends hours each day to manic cycling. Then, when Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at the airport, she doesn't recognize him. In the years since they've seen one another, the once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? After Edison has more than overstayed his welcome, Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum: It's him or me. Rich with Shriver's distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother is about fat: an issue both social and excruciatingly personal. It asks just how much sacrifice we'll make to save single members of our families, and whether it's ever possible to save loved ones from themselves., "Shriver is brilliant on the novel shock that is hunger. . . . With honesty, precision and humour, she conveys all the boredom and exhilaration of weight loss, along with its tendency to threaten the people around you." --Guardian From the New York Times bestselling author Lionel Shriver, a striking novel about siblings, marriage, and obesity When Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at the Iowa airport, she doesn't recognize him. In the four years since she last saw him, the once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? And it's not just the weight. Edison breaks her husband Fletcher's handcrafted furniture, makes overkill breakfasts for the family, and entices her stepson not only to forgo college but to drop out of high school. After Edison has more than overstayed his welcome, Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum: it's him or me. But which loyalty is paramount, that of a wife or a sister? For without Pandora's support, surely Edison will eat himself into an early grave. Rich with Shriver's distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother is about fat--an issue both social and excruciatingly personal. It asks just how much we are obligated to help members of our families, and whether it's ever possible to save loved ones from themselves.
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