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Bliss

The true nature of the Underworld.

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  • "The true nature of the Underworld."@en
  • "This novel, by the author of "Oscar and Lucinda", tells the story of a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell. For the first time in his life, Harry Joy sees the world as it really is, and takes up a notebook to explore and notate."@en
  • "After suffering a near-death experience, an executive realizes that his seemingly ideal life has become a horrifying nightmare. A heart attack leads Harry to experience a brief moment of brain death, however, and he awakens with a far darker vision of the world. In quick succession, he learns that his wife is cheating on him, his son has become a drug dealer, and his daughter is a junkie. Even his perfect career has become a nightmare, as he discovers that his latest client is in fact a heartless, deadly polluter. Enraged, Harry is determined to live a morally righteous life, a notion that proves an anathema to everyone around him."
  • "For thirty-nine years Harry Joy has been the quintessential good guy. But one morning Harry has a heart attack on his suburban front lawn, and, for the space of nine minutes, he becomes a dead guy. And although he is resuscitated, he will never be the same. For, as Peter Carey makes abundantly clear in this darkly funny novel, death is sometimes a necessary prelude to real life. Part The Wizard of Oz, part Dante's Inferno, and part Australian Book of the Dead, Bliss is a triumph of uninhibited storytelling from a writer of extravagan gifts."@en
  • ""For thirty-nine years Harry Joy has been the quintessential good guy. But one morning Harry has a heart attack in his front garden, and for nine minutes he becomes a dead guy. Although he is resuscitated, he will never be the same. Bliss is an astonishing, darkly funny novel which explores how death can be a necessary prelude to life."--Page 4 of cover."
  • "Picador First published 1981, Faber and Faber."@en

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  • "Powieść australijska"
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Powieść australijska"@pl
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Humorous stories"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Roman australien"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Estasi"
  • "Hurmio"
  • "Hurmio"@fi
  • "Bliss"@it
  • "Bliss"@en
  • "Bliss"
  • "BLISS"@en
  • "BLISS"
  • "Bliss - das Paradies umsonst : 3 Leben u. d. Typ von nebenan ; Roman"
  • "Fröjd"
  • "Fröjd"@sv
  • "Święty spokój"
  • "Święty spokój"@pl
  • "Bendito Harry"@es
  • "Bendito Harry"
  • "Poly phasaria gia ton paradeiso"

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