'A dazzling, subtle, skilful knockout - I loved it' Charlotte Mendelson'One of the great writers of our time' Tash Aw'Wonderfully strange and alive' Jon McGregorA propulsive, seductive new novel about friendship, exploitation and intimacy from the prize-winning author of Where Reasons End
Owls Do Cry is Janet Frames first novel. She describes her ideas behind it in the second volume of her autobiography: "Pictures of great treasure in the midst of sadness and waste haunted me and I began to think, in fiction, of a childhood, home life, hospital life, using people known to me as a base for the main character, and inventing minor characters. For Daphne I chose a sensitive, poetic frail person, who, I hoped, would give depth to inner worlds and perhaps a clearer, at least an individual, perception of outer worlds. The other characters, similarly fictional, were used to portray aspects of my 'message' - the excessively material outlooks of 'Chicks', the confusion of Toby, the earthy make-up of Francie, and the toiling parents, the nearest characters to my own parents.
Amsterdam i 1630'erne: Sophia Sandvoort sidder model sammem med sin meget ældre mand. Da hun forelsker sig i maleren, breder ulykkerne sig som ringe i vandet
Written with sinuous grace and intellectual acuity, "The Horned Man" is an unforgettable excursion into the lethal battleground of desire and repression.
Humoristisk fortælling om forfatterens familie på Korfu
Billy Lynch's family and friends have gathered to comfort his widow, and to pay their respects to one of the last great romantics. As they trade tales of his famous humor, immense charm, and consuming sorrow, a complex portrait emerges of an enigmatic man, a loyal friend, a beloved husband, an incurable alcoholic. Alice McDermott's striking novel, "Charming Billy," is a study of the lies that bind and the weight of familial love, of the way good intentions can be as destructive as the truth they were meant to hide. "Charming Billy" is the winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Fiction.
"Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen." Irish Paddy rampages through Barrytown streets with like-minded hooligans, playing cowboys, etching names in wet concrete, setting fires. The gang are not bad boys, just restless. When his parents argue, Paddy stays up all night to keep them safe. Change always comes, not always for the better.
" Un roman hilarant, voilà l'événement! [...] II y a de quoi faire dans cette histoire destinée aux individus coincés et mal coincés entre la trentaine et tout ce qui suit. Rob, bientôt 36 ans, est mal en point: "Qu'ai-je fait de ma vie ?" se demande ce sempiternel adolescent qui craint de vieillir (même bien), au lendemain d'une rupture, en contemplant les bacs de son magasin de disques pop paumé dans une ruelle de Londres. [...] Pour notre plus grand plaisir, Rob, qui se demande in fine s'il ne serait pas un nul, décide d'entamer la falaise. II récapitule ses amours, depuis le premier, à douze ans, qui dura trois fois deux heures jusqu'au dernier, une nuit correcte avec une chanteuse américaine, et dresse un inventaire hilarant de ses états d'âme. [...] Tous ceux qui considèrent comme vertige nécessaire le fait de savoir à un moment donné faire durer une relation monogame, se délecteront à la lecture de ce roman post-mélancolique qui célèbre les vertus du rire." Catherine Argand, Lire.
"Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen." Irish Paddy rampages through Barrytown streets with like-minded hooligans, playing cowboys, etching names in wet concrete, setting fires. The gang are not bad boys, just restless. When his parents argue, Paddy stays up all night to keep them safe. Change always comes, not always for the better.
