Tresak

Tresak

Nick Hornby

Just when it seemed that everything was falling into place for fifteen-year-old Sam, that everything was just as it should be - life, mom, school, relationship - Alicia, his girlfriend, will drop a real bomb. Alicia is, or rather, his ex-girlfriend, since

Protagonist Rob Fleming, the 35-year-old owner of the London record store Championship Vinyl, experiences a "blow" - a breakup with his long-time girlfriend Laura, a therapist. Instead of facing his emotions, Rob escapes into a top-5 list: best fight, worst punishment, greatest love, greatest heartbreak and oldest sex memory - all of which shed light on his chaotic emotional life.

With the help of his cynical friend Dick and the obsessive Barry, Rob analyzes his past: his teenage relationship with Alison Ashworth (who left him for an older man), Alyssa, Penny, Sarah, Elizabeth and others, where he always feels like a victim. Laura, now with a doctor, seeks a divorce, but Rob fights for her through comical attempts - from visiting her father to a night out with an 18-year-old. Through self-deprecating monologues, Hornby mocks male maturity: Rob admits that "winning" is only when you don't remember, but the lists force him into introspection.

Original title
Slam
Translation
Ivan Zorić
Editor
Lara Hobling Matković
Illustrations
Marina Leskovar
Dimensions
24 x 15 cm
Pages
227
Publisher
Algoritam, Zagreb, 2011.
 
Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
Language: Croatian.

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