Author: J.K. Rowling
Translator: Seon-hyeong Kim
Publisher: Munhaksuchop
2-vol. set | 223*152mm
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About This Book
When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the
little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an
English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but
what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with
poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their
husbands, teachers at war with their pupils¡¦. Pagford is not what it
first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the town¡¯s council soon
becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will
triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected
revelations? Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising,
The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling¡¯s first novel for adults.
"Rowling knows how to write a twisty, involving plot....She is clearly a
skilled writer." (The Huffington Post )
"The Casual Vacancy is a complete joy to read....a stunning, brilliant,
outrageously gripping and entertaining evocation of British society
today." (The Mirror (UK) )
"Rowling has written a grand novel...a very brave book." (The Bookseller
(UK) )
"A study of provincial life, with a large cast and multiple,
interlocking plots, drawing inspiration from Elizabeth Gaskell and
George Eliot...The Casual Vacancy immerses the reader in a richly
peopled, densely imagined world...intelligent, workmanlike, and often
funny." (The Guardian (UK) )
"The Casual Vacancy, JK Rowling's first adult novel, is sometimes funny,
often startlingly well observed....Jane Austen herself would admire the
way [Rowling] shows the news of Barry's death spreading like a virus
round Pagford." (Telegraph (UK)
About the Author
J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of
seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold more than
450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200
territories, translated into 74 languages, and have been turned into
eight blockbuster films. She has also written two small volumes, which
appear as the titles of Harry¡¯s schoolbooks within the novels. Fantastic
Beasts & Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through The Ages were
published by Scholastic Bloomsbury Children¡¯s Books in March 2001 in aid
of Comic Relief. In December 2008, The Tales of Beedle the Bard was
published in aid of the Children¡¯s High Level Group, and quickly became
the fastest selling book of the year.
As well as an OBE for services to children¡¯s literature, J.K. Rowling is
the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees including the
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France¡¯s Légion d¡¯honneur, and the
Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, and she has been a
Commencement Speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide number
of charitable causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the
founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of
disadvantaged children.
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