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Waiting for the Electricity Christina Nicol

Waiting for the Electricity von Christina Nicol

Waiting for the Electricity Christina Nicol


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Zusammenfassung

An exciting and hilarious debut novel set in post-Soviet Georgia, land of corruption, love, and power shortages-winner of the California Book Award.

Waiting for the Electricity Zusammenfassung

Waiting for the Electricity Christina Nicol

In the republic of Georgia, the Communists are long gone, replaced by something much more confusing, that's for sure. There are no jobs in the cities. And when there are jobs, employees aren't compensated. And when they are compensated, it's because the jobs are not strictly scrupulous. When Slims discovers an application for an American small business internship program sponsored by Hillary Clinton, he knows that he has found his calling. Slims' dreams of bringing opportunity and the American dream to his homeland, even as his friends and relatives embrace decadence and a staggering array of unsavoury business practices. But when he finally gets to America he sees what reform and progress look like up close. And suddenly, his loud, bickering family and his anguished, joyful country no longer seem so grim.

Waiting for the Electricity Bewertungen

Absorbing and very entertaining. * The Literary Review *
Endearing and dryly hilarious. * The Wall Street Journal *
This book is a triumphant, sustained comic performance. I can't recall a contemporary American novel anywhere near as funny. -- Norman Rush, Author of Mating
Spot-on satire * The New York Post *
Waiting for the Electricity is a wildly original debut. It tackles cultural clashes with satirical hilarity. * Jill Ciment, Author of Heroic Measures *

Über Christina Nicol

Christina Nichol grew up in the Bay Area and studied at the University of Oregon. She has travelled widely, worked for non-profit film companies, and taught English in India, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and, of course, Georgia.

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Waiting for the Electricity Christina Nicol
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Gebundene Ausgabe
Overlook Press
2015-03-26
336
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