Wretchedness / Andrzej Tichý ; translated by Nichola Smalley.

• "Waiting by the canal in Malmö, a young cellist meets a disorientated junkie. The encounter sends him into a turmoil of memories, voices and associations. As the cellist oscillates between present and past, he is paralysed by doubt and confusion and he begins to question his own place in society. From sprawling social housing estates, via basement clubs and squat parties, and culminating in a dramatic role reversal, Wretchedness is a delirious trip through Europe's underbelly. With a rhythmic, mesmerising flow, Tichy's novel explores the possibility of social mobility and the ambivalent desire to escape your origins, asking how to love your neighbour when that neighbour is an addict, a criminal, wretched."--Publisher. 

Ämnesord

Musiker  (sao)

Drogmissbruk  (sao)

Missbrukare  (sao)

Musicians  -- Fiction. (LCSH)

Drug addicts  -- Fiction. (LCSH)

Early memories  -- Fiction. (LCSH)

Security (Psychology)  -- Fiction. (LCSH)

Substance abuse  (LCSH)

Musicians  (LCSH)

Addicts  (LCSH)

Tjeckien  (sao)

Czech Republic  -- Fiction. (LCSH)

Genre

Romaner  (saogf)

Psykologiska skildringar  (saogf)

Psychological fiction.  (lcgft)

Social problem fiction.  (lcgft)

Swedish fiction  -- Translations into English.

Klassifikation

839.738 (DDC)