I love shopping a New York

by Sophie Kinsella, Annamaria Raffo (Translator)

Overview

Per Becky Bloomwood la vita non potrebbe essere migliore: ha un fidanzato che la adora e un entusiasmante lavoro come consulente di una trasmissione televisiva, e sta anche scrivendo il suo primo libro. E come se ciò non bastasse, le si offre la possibilità di trasferirsi a New York. È l'occasione che aspettava da anni, l'inizio di una nuova vita, l'avverarsi di un sogno. Becky non sta più nella pelle: il Museo d'Arte Moderna, il Guggenheim... e soprattutto le mille luci sfavillanti dei negozi. Bloomingdale's, Tiffany, la quinta Avenue: ovunque ci sono offerte sensazionali. Basta comprare solo quello che serve, questo è il suo motto. Certo che quando si tratta di un vero affare...
I love shopping a New York segna la conferma del talento umoristico di Sophie Kinsella, capace con il suo sguardo affettuoso e divertito di mettere a fuoco le nostre debolezze, svelare i nostri sogni segreti, e farci sentire un po' meglio.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788852011214
Publisher:	MONDADORI
Publication date:	10/07/2010
Series:	Shopaholic Series , #2
Sold by:	ARNOLDO MONDADORI - EBKS
Format:	eBook
File size:	395 KB
Language:	Italian

About the Author

When we first meet Becky Bloomwood in Sophie Kinsella's Confessions of a Shopaholic, she's a financial journalist in London who's quickly realizing that though she may be a writer for Successful Saving magazine, she could use help practicing what she preaches. She's helplessly driving herself into debt buying things she can't afford, at one point rationalizing that buying something 30 percent off is actually saving money. Becky was a hit with readers and spawned a franchise for Kinsella. In subsequent books, readers have followed her through a temptingly whirlwind series of adventures, with her best friend, Suze, and Luke, the love of her life, often along for the ride.

The Shopaholic books are little tours of fabulousness, where objects are introduced not as incidental to the story but as key players. Becky may not attend to certain life details such as bills or space to store all of her purchases, but she knows how to pay proper homage to the details in a dress or a vintage cocktail table. When she packs for a trip, we get the list of what she's bringing. What's more, she rationalizes and justifies purchases before you can say, "Credit or cash?" (The answer for Becky, by the way, is usually credit.)

Those who value integrity or depth in their fictional characters would be well advised to steer clear of Becky; but Shopaholic fans identify with her weaknesses, finding her more sympathetic than sinister. She can be maddening in her lack of discipline or self-reflectiveness, but Kinsella has taken a cue from Jane Austen's Emma by infusing her character with enough optimism, heart, and generous spirit to overcome her faults. Becky always reassuringly lands right-side-up, making these books a fun flight of fancy.

The author has interspersed her popular series with a handful of stand-alone confections featuring protagonists as charming and deliciously funny as the Shopaholic. Fortunately for her many fans, Sophie Kinsella has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of affection for her characters. May it fuel many books to come!

Hometown:

London, England

Date of Birth:

December 12, 1969

Place of Birth:

London, England

Education:

B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Oxford University, 1990; M.Mus., King's College, London, 1992

Website:

http://www.readsophiekinsella.com