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It's all right now a novel

Meet Tom Ripple, a man with an uncommon outlook on his common life. Through the vividness of his voice and his growing sense of the sorrow and absurdity of the world, Tom Ripple becomes an unusually appealing antihero, aware of his ordinariness and the limits of his intelligence, with a ribald sense of humor, and a clumsiness in his attempts at emotional connection with others. He is a bewildered everyman navigating his way through modern times. By turns poignant, funny, heartbreaking, and profound, It's All Right Now is a towering achievement and a singular work of the imagination.

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  • "Chadwick, Ch.; unauffälliger Mann"

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  • "Englishman Tom Ripple observes the course of his life throughout a thirty-year period that is marked by complicated relationships with family members, neighbors, girlfriends, colleagues, and friends."
  • "This is the story of Tom Ripple, an ordinary man living an ordinary life. Beginning in a suburb of North London in the 1970s we follow his life to the present day, seeing through Tom's own eyes his rich and complex relationships with his wife and children, his neighbors, girlfriends, colleagues and friends, and his continuous search for certainties - both moral and practical. But what Tom gains in wisdom over the years, he loses in love as his marriage disintegrates, his children disappoint him and then in turn are disappointed. Tom's insights into the human condition bring great poignancy yet give us a sense of transcendence, while his story dramatizes the profound changes that have taken place in Britain in the last 30 years."
  • ""Meeting Tom Ripple, a man with an uncommon outlook on his common life. Through his vividness of his voice and his growing sense of sorrow and absurdity of the world, Tom Ripple becomes an unusually appealing antihero, aware of his ordinariness and the limits of his intelligence, with a ribald sense of humor, and a clumsiness in his attempts at emotional connection with others. He is a bewildered everyman navigating his way through modern times."--Cover."
  • "Meet Tom Ripple, a man with an uncommon outlook on his common life. Through the vividness of his voice and his growing sense of the sorrow and absurdity of the world, Tom Ripple becomes an unusually appealing antihero, aware of his ordinariness and the limits of his intelligence, with a ribald sense of humor, and a clumsiness in his attempts at emotional connection with others. He is a bewildered everyman navigating his way through modern times. By turns poignant, funny, heartbreaking, and profound, It's All Right Now is a towering achievement and a singular work of the imagination."@en
  • "Ein hochintelligentes Porträt unserer Zeit Tom Ripple, ein ganz normaler Mann, nicht gerade mit Charme oder intellektueller Neugier ausgestattet, erzählt von seinem ganz normalen Leben in der Londoner Vorstadt, vom Auf und Ab menschlicher Beziehungen, von seiner Sicht auf die Welt. Seine Aufzeichnungen sind mit das Überzeugendste, Erstaunlichste und Originellste, was die Gegenwartsliteratur zu bieten hat. Ein grandioses Sittengemälde Englands seit den Siebzigern, ein hochintelligentes Porträt unserer Zeit, ein weise-ironischer Blick auf die menschliche Natur. Charles Chadwick, geboren 1932, hat bis 1992 als Mitarbeiter des British Council in verschiedenen afrikanischen Staaten, in Brasilien, Kanada und Polen gelebt. Mit 72 Jahren veröffentlichte er seinen ersten Roman, 'Ein unauffälliger Mann', an dem er knapp 30 Jahre lang schrieb und der grosses Aufsehen erregte. Charles Chadwick lebt in London."
  • "Opening in 1970s London, Chadwick's debut novel charts three decades in the life of Tom Ripple, taking in his complex relationships with his wife and children, his neighbours, girlfriends, colleagues and friends, as well as his continuous search for moral and practical certainties."

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "Ein unauffälliger Mann : Roman"
  • "It's all right now a novel"@en
  • "It's all right now"@en
  • "It's all right now"
  • "Ein unauffälliger Mann Roman"
  • "It's all right now : a novel"
  • "Tout va très bien : roman"

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