Out of Time. Miranda Sawyer
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Название: Out of Time

Автор: Miranda Sawyer

Издательство: HarperCollins

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isbn: 9780007509157

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       Copyright

      4th Estate

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

      1 London Bridge Street

      London SE1 9GF

       www.4thEstate.co.uk

      First published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2016

      Copyright © Miranda Sawyer 2016

      Miranda Sawyer asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Source ISBN: 9780007521081

      Ebook Edition © ISBN: 9780007509157

      Version: 2017-04-11

       Dedication

       For S, P and F

       Epigraph

      ‘Death is the dark backing that a mirror needs if we are to see anything’

      Humboldt’s Gift, Saul Bellow

      ‘You’re going to have to fucking swallow this whole fucking life and let it grow inside you like a parasite’

      Malcolm Tucker, The Thick of It

       Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       7. Sex

       8. Fitness

       9. Looks

       10. Routine

       11. Out of It

       12. Work

       13. Anger vs. Dismay

       14. Music

       15. Playing to Win

       16. Time

       17. Long-term

       18. Death

       19. Generations

       20. Now

       Acknowledgements

       Also by Miranda Sawyer

       About the Publisher

       1. Is This It?

      The start is always quiet. Even when the event is catastrophic, when it’s sudden and violent and crashes in, a meteor blazing from the sky to change everything you know – even then, what people say is: ‘It happened out of the blue. Everything was normal. Nothing seemed any different. It was a complete shock.’

      When what is happening is gradual, when it seeps under the door, like water or smoke, then the start is even quieter. It’s silent. You don’t notice it at all.

      Middle age is a time of settled status, when your achievements, СКАЧАТЬ