Издания и произведения

Спокойная, размеренная лондонская жизнь Ирины Макговерн, американки русского происхождения, иллюстратора детских книг, девятый год разделяющей кров с интеллектуальным, внимательным, но донельзя предсказуемым партнером, закончилась в ту ночь, когда ей с необъяснимой силой захотелось поцеловать другого мужчину. Друга семьи, привлекательного, экстравагантного, страстного, непревзойденного игрока в снукер Рэмси Эктона. Выбирая, кого любить, Ирина выбирает и свою судьбу. Какая жизнь ждет героиню, если она променяет испытанные временем отношения на яркую вспышку влюбленности? Два варианта событий развиваются параллельно. Читатели вместе с героиней проживают две жизни, стараясь ответить на извечный вопрос: не вел ли к счастью тот путь, по которому мы могли бы пойти, но не пошли…

From the Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, this is the novel Lionel Shriver wrote directly afterwards. The Post-Birthday World is an unflinching account of the choices that unfold before us and what our decisions really mean.
Irina McGovern's destiny hinges on a single kiss. Whether she gives into its temptation will determine whether she stays with her reliable partner Lawrence, or runs off with Ramsey, a hard-living snooker player.
Employing a parallel universe structure, Shriver spins Irina's competing futures with two drastically different men. An intellectual and fellow American, Lawrence is clever and supportive, but rigid and emotionally withdrawn. A British celebrity, Ramsey is passionate and spontaneous, but jealous, undereducated, and prone to pick arguments. Their contrasting characters will colour her other relationships, her career, and the texture of her daily life.
If love is always about trade-offs-if every romantic prospect is flawed-how can we ever know whom to choose?

Спокойная, размеренная лондонская жизнь Ирины Макговерн, американки русского происхождения, иллюстратора детских книг, девятый год разделяющей кров с интеллектуальным, внимательным, но донельзя предсказуемым партнером, закончилась в ту ночь, когда ей с необъяснимой силой захотелось поцеловать другого мужчину. Друга семьи, привлекательного, экстравагантного, страстного, непревзойденного игрока в снукер Рэмси Эктона… Выбирая, кого любить, Ирина выбирает и свою судьбу. Какая жизнь ждет героиню, если она променяет испытанные временем отношения на яркую вспышку влюбленности? Два варианта событий развиваются параллельно. Читатели вместе с…

American children's book illustrator Irina McGovern enjoys a secure, settled life in London with her smart, loyal, disciplined partner, Lawrence—until the night she finds herself inexplicably drawn to kissing another man, a passionate, extravagant, top-ranked snooker player. Two competing alternate futures hinge on this single kiss, as Irina's decision—to surrender to temptation or to preserve her seemingly safe partnership with Lawrence—will have momentous consequences for her career, her friendships and familial relationships, and the texture of her daily life.

In this eagerly awaited new novel, Lionel Shriver, the Orange Prize-winning author of the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, delivers an imaginative and entertaining look at the implications, large and small, of whom we choose to love. Using a playful parallel-universe structure, The Post-Birthday World follows one woman's future as it unfolds under the influence of two drastically different men.

Children's book illustrator Irina McGovern enjoys a quiet and settled life in London with her partner, fellow American expatriate Lawrence Trainer, a smart, loyal, disciplined intellectual at a prestigious think tank. To their small circle of friends, their relationship is rock solid. Until the night Irina unaccountably finds herself dying to kiss another man: their old friend from South London, the stylish, extravagant, passionate top-ranking snooker player Ramsey Acton. The decision to give in to temptation will have consequences for her career, her relationships with family and friends, and perhaps most importantly the texture of her daily life.

Hinging on a single kiss, this enchanting work of fiction depicts Irina's alternating futures with two men temperamentally worlds apart yet equally honorable. With which true love Irina is better off is neither obvious nor easy to determine, but Shriver's exploration of the two destinies is memorable and gripping. Poignant and deeply honest, written with the subtlety and wit that are the hallmarks of Shriver's work, The Post-Birthday World appeals to the what-if in us all.

Irina McGovern's destiny hinges on a single kiss. Whether she gives into its temptation will determine whether she stays with her reliable partner Lawrence, or runs off with Ramsey, a hard-living snooker player. Employing a parallel universe structure, Shriver spins Irina's competing futures with two drastically different men. An intellectual and fellow American, Lawrence is clever and supportive, but rigid and emotionally withdrawn. A British celebrity, Ramsey is passionate and spontaneous, but jealous, undereducated, and prone to pick arguments. Their contrasting characters will colour her other relationships, her career, and the texture…