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Care of Wooden Floors
Will Wiles
A bold and brilliant debut from a darkly funny new voice.Oskar is a minimalist composer best known for a piece called Variations on Tram Timetables. He is married to a Californian art dealer named Laura and he lives with two cats, named after Russian composers, in an Eastern European city.But this book isn't really about Oskar. Oskar is in Los Angeles, having his marriage dismantled by lawyers. He has entrusted an old university friend with the task of looking after his cats, and taking care of his perfect, beautiful apartment.Despite the fact that Oskar has left dozens of surreally detailed notes covering every aspect of looking after the flat, things do not go well.Care of Wooden Floors is about how a tiny oversight can trip off a disastrous and farcical (fatal, even) chain of consequences. It's about a friendship between two men who don't know each other very well. It's about alienation and being alone in a foreign city. It's about the quest for perfection and the struggle against entropy. And it is, a little, about how to take care of wooden floors.
Will Wiles
Care of Wooden Floors
A Novel
Dedication
For Dan Hemingway (1972–1991)
Contents
Cover (#ulink_e4ff552f-5899-5d19-92d5-2bd235ca86a0)
Title Page
Dedication
Day One
People are afraid of flying. I’ve never understood that. It’s…
Day Two
There is a moment between sleeping and waking where one…
Day Three
I was lying in Oskar’s bed, not even slightly awake,…
Day Four
I was woken by a shell-burst in the trench of…
Day Five
White noise. Indistinct sound, beneath hearing, the growl and whoosh…
Day Six
A door slammed. The front door; definitely the front door,…
Day Seven
It had been a restless night. What little sleep I…
Day Eight
A concussion. A burst of noise in my head, doubled…
Acknowledgements
Copyright
About the Publisher
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Will Wiles
A bold and brilliant debut from a darkly funny new voice.Oskar is a minimalist composer best known for a piece called Variations on Tram Timetables. He is married to a Californian art dealer named Laura and he lives with two cats, named after Russian composers, in an Eastern European city.But this book isn't really about Oskar. Oskar is in Los Angeles, having his marriage dismantled by lawyers. He has entrusted an old university friend with the task of looking after his cats, and taking care of his perfect, beautiful apartment.Despite the fact that Oskar has left dozens of surreally detailed notes covering every aspect of looking after the flat, things do not go well.Care of Wooden Floors is about how a tiny oversight can trip off a disastrous and farcical (fatal, even) chain of consequences. It's about a friendship between two men who don't know each other very well. It's about alienation and being alone in a foreign city. It's about the quest for perfection and the struggle against entropy. And it is, a little, about how to take care of wooden floors.
Will Wiles
Care of Wooden Floors
A Novel
Dedication
For Dan Hemingway (1972–1991)
Contents
Cover (#ulink_e4ff552f-5899-5d19-92d5-2bd235ca86a0)
Title Page
Dedication
Day One
People are afraid of flying. I’ve never understood that. It’s…
Day Two
There is a moment between sleeping and waking where one…
Day Three
I was lying in Oskar’s bed, not even slightly awake,…
Day Four
I was woken by a shell-burst in the trench of…
Day Five
White noise. Indistinct sound, beneath hearing, the growl and whoosh…
Day Six
A door slammed. The front door; definitely the front door,…
Day Seven
It had been a restless night. What little sleep I…
Day Eight
A concussion. A burst of noise in my head, doubled…
Acknowledgements
Copyright
About the Publisher
Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.
Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».
Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию (https://www.litres.ru/will-wiles/care-of-wooden-floors/) на ЛитРес.
Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.