Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance
$22.45
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2002
Summary
‘If you haven’t fallen in love by the end of the dance you haven’t danced the tango.’ So says Rosa, fiery Argentinean restaurateur, to her 19-year-old kitchenhand and bumbling dance partner Lionel. As a story of the most captivating nature unravels, their unlikely union on the dance floor develops into a bond of love and obsession - fierce and all encompassing, and so it mirrors the dance.
As they dance, Rosa tells Lionel the story of her grandfather Paul Schmidt and his lover Louise.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143018506 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143018507 |
| Author: | Lloyd Jones |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2002 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 131mm x 198mm |
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Lloyd Jones
Lloyd Jones is one of New Zealand’s best known contemporary writers. He has published essays and children’s books. His distinctive works include the novels:
- The Book of Fame (winner of numerous literary awards)
- Biografi (a New York Times Notable Book)
- Choo Woo
- Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance
- Paint Your Wife
- Hand Me Down World
- The Cage
- The Fish
- Mister Pip (phenomenally successful, winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Montana Medal for Fiction, and the Kiriyama Writers’ Prize. Mister Pip was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007.)
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