The breaking of eggs
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Penguin Books, 2010.
Physical Desc:
342 pages ; 21 cm
Status:
Bemis Fiction
FICTION POWELL,J
Description
Read Jim Powell's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. The Breaking of Eggs is the story of the curmudgeonly Feliks Zhokovski, Polish by birth, Communist at heart, who at age 61 finds that just about everything he has based his life on is crumbling. Separated from him family as a child when the Nazis invaded Poland, Feliks is currently living in Paris and his life's work is a travel guide to the old Eastern bloc. But unfortunately for Feliks, it's 1991: the Berlin Wall has fallen, Communism has collapsed, East Germany isn't the economic miracle he wants it to be, and he's forced to confront the fact that his travel-writing days are numbered. His guide was a flourishing business, but the old pro-Communist descriptions won’t do, for Western visitors will now be able to see for themselves. So he makes the (extremely difficult) decision to sell his guide to a big, capitalist American publisher. This sets in motion a chain of events that will reunite him with a brother living in Ohio that he hasn't seen in fifty years, reveal the truth about the mother he thought abandoned him and offer him a second chance with a long-lost love. Equal parts hilarious and moving, The Breaking of Eggs is the story of a man who closed himself off from everyone and everything years ago and now awakens to discover the world has changed dramatically and he must change with it. The Breaking of Eggs also has the added bonus of being a crash course in 20th century European history, subtly told as a backdrop to Feliks' riveting personal story. Imagine Everything is Illuminated meets The Elegance of the Hedgehog , then forget all the publishing clichés and discover this incredible new voice.
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FICTION POWELL,J
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Jul 14, 2018
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Book
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780143117261, 0143117262
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APA Citation (style guide)
Powell, J. (2010). The breaking of eggs. New York, Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Powell, Jim, 1949-. 2010. The Breaking of Eggs. New York, Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Powell, Jim, 1949-, The Breaking of Eggs. New York, Penguin Books, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Powell, Jim. The Breaking of Eggs. New York, Penguin Books, 2010.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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