Apocalypse for Beginners
Nicolas Dickner
thg 12 2021 · Penguin Random House Audio · Người đọc: Al Dano
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From the author of Canada Reads winner Nikolski comes a sweet, smart and occasionally surreal romantic comedy, featuring two young friends who could become lovers—if only one of them hadn't convinced herself that the end of the world is nigh.
The Randall family was always a little strange. For generations, each member receives a prophetic vision of the apocalypse—but always on a different date. When the End of Days fails to materialize, yet another Randall goes mad.
In the summer of 1989, Hope Randall's mother, in an attempt to forestall the latest imminent apocalypse, loads up the Lada and heads west from Yarmouth. After their car dies in Rivière-du-Loup, the mother and daughter put down roots, as yet another day of reckoning comes and goes.
Mickey Bauermann has never seen the likes of the red-headed wonder that is Hope, whose idea of a good time is spending Friday nights watching David Suzuki reveal the mysteries of science on TV. The Bauermann family has been in the concrete business for generations, but Mickey has other ideas of what he wants to do with his life. For now, he spends every available second with Hope, whose mother has become increasingly unhinged. The teens take refuge in Mickey's bungalow basement, aka The Bunker, where they watch the twentieth century crumble and transform on the small screen.
But when Hope's destiny as a Randall is revealed by chance—and by a bomb shelter's worth of ramen noodles—the time for hiding out is past. For Hope, the only way to deal with the end of the world is to confront it head on. The journey begins...
The Randall family was always a little strange. For generations, each member receives a prophetic vision of the apocalypse—but always on a different date. When the End of Days fails to materialize, yet another Randall goes mad.
In the summer of 1989, Hope Randall's mother, in an attempt to forestall the latest imminent apocalypse, loads up the Lada and heads west from Yarmouth. After their car dies in Rivière-du-Loup, the mother and daughter put down roots, as yet another day of reckoning comes and goes.
Mickey Bauermann has never seen the likes of the red-headed wonder that is Hope, whose idea of a good time is spending Friday nights watching David Suzuki reveal the mysteries of science on TV. The Bauermann family has been in the concrete business for generations, but Mickey has other ideas of what he wants to do with his life. For now, he spends every available second with Hope, whose mother has become increasingly unhinged. The teens take refuge in Mickey's bungalow basement, aka The Bunker, where they watch the twentieth century crumble and transform on the small screen.
But when Hope's destiny as a Randall is revealed by chance—and by a bomb shelter's worth of ramen noodles—the time for hiding out is past. For Hope, the only way to deal with the end of the world is to confront it head on. The journey begins...
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NICOLAS DICKNER won two literary awards, including the Prix Adrienne-Choquette for the best collection of short stories of the year, for his first published work, L'encyclopédie du petit cercle. Nikolski won three awards in Quebec, one in France, and was the winner of Canada Reads 2010. Born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, he travelled extensively in Europe and Latin America before settling down in Montreal. He currently writes a weekly column for Voir, and is working on his next novel.
LAZER LEDERHENDLER was a three-time finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award before winning the prize for Nikolski, which also won a Quebec Writer's Federation Award. Mr. Lederhendler lives in Montreal, where he teaches English and film at the Collège international des Marcellines.
LAZER LEDERHENDLER was a three-time finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award before winning the prize for Nikolski, which also won a Quebec Writer's Federation Award. Mr. Lederhendler lives in Montreal, where he teaches English and film at the Collège international des Marcellines.
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