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From the much acclaimed author of MISLAID and THE WALLCREEPER, a fierce and audaciously funny novel of families?both the ones we’re born into and the ones we create?a story of obsession, idealism, and ownership, centered around a young woman who inherits her bohemian late father’s childhood home.“She wills her body to be equally wraithlike. Not sodden, not heavy, not dead, but filled with crackling, electric life, likea stale Marlboro on fire.”Unemployed business major, Penny, has rebelled against her family her whole life – by being the conventional one. Her mother was a member of a South American tribe; her father was a Jewish Shamanist with a psychedelic'healing centre'. But everything changes when her father dies and Penny inherits his childhood home. Left weightless and unmoored after being the only member of her family with time for her dying father, Penny then finds his property occupied by a group of squatters, united in defence of smokers' rights– and herself unexpectedly... Формат: Мягкая бумажная, 288 стр.
ISBN: 9780008179212 |
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См. также в других словарях:
NICOTINE — Lorsqu’en 1492 Christophe Colomb et ses marins découvrent l’Amérique, ils trouvent dans l’île de San Salvador des hommes qui portent à leur bouche une certaine herbe qu’ils allument avec un tison pour se régaler de son parfum; ce sont sans doute… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Nicotine — Structure de la nicotine Général Nom IUPAC (S) 3 (1 méthyl 2 pyrrolidinyl)pyridine … Wikipédia en Français
Nicotine — Desarrollador Hyriand Página web oficial Información general Última versión estable 1.0.8 13 de febrero de … Wikipedia Español
Nicotine — Nic o*tine (? or ?), n. [F. nicotine. See {Nicotian}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco ({C10H14N2}). It occurs in tobacco plants ({Nicotiana tabacum} and {Nicotiana rusticum}) to the extent of 2 to 8%, in combination… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nicotine — (n.) poisonous alkaloid found in tobacco leaves, 1819, from Fr. nicotine, earlier nicotiane, from Mod.L. Nicotiana, formal botanical name for the tobacco plant, named for Jean Nicot (c.1530 1600), French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco… … Etymology dictionary
nicotine — nicotine. См. никотин. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
