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There but for the is the sparkling satirical novel by bestselling Ali Smith. 'There once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party . . .' As time passes by and the consequences of this stranger's actions ripple outwards, touching the owners, the guests, the neighbours and the whole country, so Ali Smith draws us into a beautiful, strange place where everyone is so much more than they at first appear.
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literary fiction, psychological fiction, urban fiction, Middle-aged men, Dinners and dinning, Identity (Psychology), Personal space, Social interaction, Fiction, contemporary fiction, Dinners and dining, Strangers, Fiction, general, New York Times reviewed, Large type books, Interpersonal relations, Fiction, psychological, London (england), fictionPeople
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Es hätte mir genauso: Roman
Oct 22, 2012, Luchterhand Literaturverlag
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363087312X 9783630873121
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There but for the
2011, Pantheon Books
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0307379981 9780307379986
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There but for the
2011, W F Howes
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There but for the
2011, Hamish Hamilton
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There but for the
2011, Pantheon Books, Pantheon
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There But For The is a 2011 novel by Scottish author Ali Smith, first published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton and in the US by Pantheon, and set in 2009 and 2010 in Greenwich, London. It was cited by both The Guardian book review and the Publishers Weekly as one of the best books of the year. and was also longlisted for the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction.
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