Beschreibung
"When Jim Sams – a clever, but by no means particularly ingenious creature – woke up one morning from troubled dreams, he found that he had transformed into some sort of monstrous beast in his bed..." Referencing Kafka's Metamorphosis, the English writer unfolds a short story about how easily the world of politics can go astray when it succumbs to the enchantment of its own 'mission,' the attempt to solve a complex world with simple clichés, and the desire to act in 'the will of the people.' Jim Sams wants to serve the people on his mission in the body of a prime minister, convinced that he knows best what is good for the people. In the land of Franz Kafka, this may sound familiar, but the setting of the story is contemporary Britain. The famous writer has his say on the story of Brexit. The bitterly satirical narrative is set against the backdrop of island political life and finds, with playful exaggeration, only unflattering explanations for the disillusionment with society there.
Information
Author: McEwan Ian
Publication date: 16. März 2020
Manufacturer: Euromedia Group, a.s.
Genres: Novels, World fiction, Books, Fiction
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 120
ISBN/EAN: 9788020719485