An outstanding debut novel about the conflicts of creativity and family and a love affair that survives against all the odds.
Francesca Kay Livres
Francesca Kay explore les complexités de la psychologie humaine et des relations. Sa prose est reconnue pour sa perspicacité et sa sensibilité dans la capture des mondes intérieurs de ses personnages. Kay explore souvent des thèmes d'identité, de perte et la recherche de sens dans la vie ordinaire. Son style est à la fois intime et universel, offrant aux lecteurs un aperçu profond de l'expérience humaine.
Translation of the Bones
- 240pages
- 9 heures de lecture
Exploring the complex interplay between faith and delusion, this narrative delves into the depths of religious fervor and its potential for tragedy. Set against the backdrop of London, the story unfolds through the lens of a character grappling with belief and reality. The author, a recipient of the 2009 Orange New Writers Award, crafts a thought-provoking tale that challenges perceptions of spirituality and the consequences of unchecked passion.
The Long Room
- 304pages
- 11 heures de lecture
After an inconsequential Oxford degree, Stephen Donaldson secures a job at the intelligence service. Far from the glamour he had envisaged, Stephen spends his days listening to recorded conversations between elderly communists. This is the early eighties. The Cold War is going cold and the threat of the IRA hangs over a nation pinned to their sofas by weekly instalments of Brideshead Revisited.When Stephen is asked to take on an urgent new case, it appears to be his chance for promotion. Yet as he starts to listen to the potential mole, he hears the voice of Helen - the suspect's wife - and falls instantly under her spell. He embarks on a dangerous fantasy that not only threatens his own happiness but has consequences of international significance.As beautiful as it is intense, The Long Room is the dazzling new novel from a critically acclaimed writer. With her mastery of the perfect detail, Francesca Kay explores the mind under pressure, the limits of love, and the suffocating nature of class and convention.
Things change; we have to recognise that; the world will not stay still. What we must hope is that the new is better and stronger than the old. Anno Domini 1546. In a manor house in England a young woman feels the walls are closing round her, while her dying husband is obsessed by his vision of a chapel where prayers will be said for his immortal soul. As the days go by and the chapel takes shape, the outside world starts to intrude. And as the old ways are replaced by the new, the people of the village sense a dangerous freedom. The Book of Days is a beautifully written novel of lives lived in troubled times and the solace to be found in nature and the turning seasons.