by Alan Bennett · Profile Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781861970909
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«The Clothes They Stood Up In» is the short novel by British writer Alan Bennett, published by Profile Books in paperback (112 pages, in English).
The Ransomes return from the opera to find their Notting Hill flat empty: the thieves have taken even the toilet paper. With mordant irony, the robbery marks a turning point for a formal solicitor and his submissive wife, who discover an unsettling freedom without their belongings. Though these reappear, nothing is ever the same again.
It was Alan Bennett's first story and was originally published in the London Review of Books before appearing as a book in 1998.
A contemporary fable with ironic humour for readers of British fiction.
Alan Bennett is an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005, he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award.
