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Автор: Tilney Alexander
Название: The Expectations
ISBN: 9780316450379
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
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Модернистская и современная художественная литература

ISBN-10: 0316450375
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 320
Вес: 0.51 кг.
Дата издания: 16.07.2019
Язык: English
Размер: 161 x 242 x 32
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: In the tradition of the novels Old School and Prep, a sharp and evocative portrait of insiders -- and outsiders -- at an elite boarding school who must face a reality very different from the one theyve imagined.

St. James is an exclusive New England boarding school known for grooming generations of leaders. Ben Weeks is a true insider -- his ancestors helped found St. James, his older brother was a legend who taught him all the slang, and hes just won a national championship in squash.
But after fourteen long years of waiting, Ben arrives at school only to find that the reality of St. James doesnt quite match up with his imaginings. Meanwhile his new roommate, Ahmed Al-Khaled, the son of a fabulously wealthy Emirati sheik, cant navigate the unspoken rules of New England blue bloods. Even as Ben and Ahmed struggle to prove themselves in the place they have revered for so long, each of them must face losing it forever.
The Expectations is at once a finely drawn portrait of American privilege and a subtle exploration of class, race, and tradition. Above all, it is a tender, sharp, and evocative debut about the pain and treachery of adolescence, and the difficulty -- wherever one finds oneself -- of truly belonging.

The Expectations, Tilney Alexander