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Albert Schmidt is a retired lawyer who misses his recently deceased wife, has an unhealthy diet, is a mild anti-Semite and owns a nice home in the Hamptons he feels compelled to offer to his daughter as a wedding present. Said daughter, Charlotte, is a yuppie in all the worst ways. She handles public relations for tobacco companies, doesn't want the house in the Hamptons, and is about to marry a buttoned-up Jewish lawyer. Schmidt, who had built a very lucrative career on his ability to be 'always demonstrably and impeccably right', begins to feel the first stirrings of self-doubt and, to his own astonishment, finds himself beginning an affair with a frank, exuberant waitress, a woman younger than his daughter. The conflict takes off from there in this finely told tale of retirement, inheritance, sex and death.
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About Schmidt, Louis Begley
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2003
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- Titel
- About Schmidt
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Louis Begley
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2003
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1852428430
- ISBN13
- 9781852428433
- Reeks
- Schmidt
- Tags
- Fictie, Liefde, Hedendaagse literatuur, Verenigde Staten, Relaties, Filmthema, Matrimonium, New York, Amerika, Huwelijken, Vader, Dochteren, Roadtrip
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- About Schmidt
- Beoordeling
- 3,2 van 5
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- Albert Schmidt is a retired lawyer who misses his recently deceased wife, has an unhealthy diet, is a mild anti-Semite and owns a nice home in the Hamptons he feels compelled to offer to his daughter as a wedding present. Said daughter, Charlotte, is a yuppie in all the worst ways. She handles public relations for tobacco companies, doesn't want the house in the Hamptons, and is about to marry a buttoned-up Jewish lawyer. Schmidt, who had built a very lucrative career on his ability to be 'always demonstrably and impeccably right', begins to feel the first stirrings of self-doubt and, to his own astonishment, finds himself beginning an affair with a frank, exuberant waitress, a woman younger than his daughter. The conflict takes off from there in this finely told tale of retirement, inheritance, sex and death.