The Resource Should we stay or should we go, Lionel Shriver
Should we stay or should we go, Lionel Shriver
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The item Should we stay or should we go, Lionel Shriver represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item Should we stay or should we go, Lionel Shriver represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- When her father dies, Kay Wilkinson can’t cry. Over ten years, Alzheimer’s had steadily eroded this erudite man. Surely one’s own father passing should never come as such a relief? Both healthy and vital medical professionals in their early fifties, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many of their elderly NHS patients in similar states of decay. Determined to die with dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal: they should agree to commit suicide together once they’ve both turned eighty. When their deal is sealed in 1991, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decades together. But then they turn eighty. By turns hilarious and touching, playful and grave, Should We Stay or Should We Go portrays twelve parallel universes, each exploring a possible future for Kay and Cyril, from a purgatorial Cuckoo’s-Nest-style retirement home to the discovery of a cure for ageing, from cryogenic preservation to the unexpected pleasures of dementia
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Should we stay or should we go
- Title
- Should we stay or should we go
- Statement of responsibility
- Lionel Shriver
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When her father dies, Kay Wilkinson can’t cry. Over ten years, Alzheimer’s had steadily eroded this erudite man. Surely one’s own father passing should never come as such a relief? Both healthy and vital medical professionals in their early fifties, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many of their elderly NHS patients in similar states of decay. Determined to die with dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal: they should agree to commit suicide together once they’ve both turned eighty. When their deal is sealed in 1991, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decades together. But then they turn eighty. By turns hilarious and touching, playful and grave, Should We Stay or Should We Go portrays twelve parallel universes, each exploring a possible future for Kay and Cyril, from a purgatorial Cuckoo’s-Nest-style retirement home to the discovery of a cure for ageing, from cryogenic preservation to the unexpected pleasures of dementia
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shriver, Lionel
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Suicide pacts
- Aging
- Dementia
- Married people
- Alzheimer's disease
- Older people
- Choice (Psychology)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Should we stay or should we go, Lionel Shriver
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000068925978
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780008458553
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1198017872
- Label
- Should we stay or should we go, Lionel Shriver
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000068925978
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780008458553
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1198017872
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