Lily King crée des romans qui explorent les dynamiques complexes des relations humaines et de la psychologie, souvent dans des contextes captivants et potentiellement périlleux. Son écriture est célébrée pour son exploration tendue, spirituelle et d'une intelligence féroce des egos et désirs concurrents. La prose distinctive de King capture les nuances des personnages et l'atmosphère évocatrice de décors exotiques. Son œuvre offre constamment aux lecteurs un regard profond sur les complexités de la condition humaine.
Blending domestic drama with thrilling elements, the narrative captivates readers through intense emotional conflicts and suspenseful twists. The story delves into complex relationships and the underlying tensions that drive characters to their limits, creating a gripping atmosphere that keeps readers on edge. With a focus on personal struggles and high-stakes situations, it explores themes of trust, betrayal, and the lengths one will go to protect loved ones.
DIE NEUEN ERZÄHLUNGEN DER PREISGEKRÖNTEN MEISTERAUTORIN LILY KING Eine Vierzehnjährige verknallt sich in einen verheirateten Mann und träumt von der großen Romantik, bis sie erfahren muss, dass Liebe und Lust zwei einander entgegengesetzte Dinge sein können. Ein junger Mann outet sich und verliert daraufhin seinen besten Freund, dessen Unsicherheit in Aggression umschlägt. Eine Frau kämpft damit, die Abweisung ihrer Teenager-Tochter zu ertragen und fühlt sich dabei so einsam wie nie, doch die Verbindung einer Mutter zu ihrem Kind kann so leicht nicht erschüttert werden. Lily Kings Erzählungen sind berührend, überraschend, hoffnungsvoll – und zum Glück auch ein wenig romantisch. Sie ist die große Chronistin emotionaler Extremzustände - Lily King beherrscht den ungeschönten Blick auf harte Schicksale und zwischenmenschliche Krisensituationen meisterhaft. Gleichzeitig hilft sie ihren Figuren immer wieder zurück auf Pfade der Euphorie und Zuversicht, lässt sie Neuanfänge wagen, sich doch noch einmal Hals über Kopf verlieben, zweite Chancen geben oder unmoralische Abenteuer eingehen. Auch in «Hotel Seattle» geht es um große Gefühle, allen voran um die Liebe in all ihren schönen und schrecklichen Facetten. Von der Autorin des preisgekrönten Bestsellers «Euphoria» Geschichten über die Liebe in all ihren schönen und schrecklichen Facetten
By the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Writers & Lovers,
Lily King's first-ever collection of exceptional and innovative short stories.
Exuberant and affirming, it's funny and immensely clever, emotionally rare and strong. I feel bereft now I've finished' Tessa Hadley Casey has ended up back in Massachusetts after a devastating love affair. Her mother has just died and she is knocked sideways by grief and loneliness, moving between the restaurant where she waitresses for the Harvard elite and the rented shed she calls home. Her one constant is the novel she has been writing for six years, but at thirty-one she is in debt and directionless, and feels too old to be that way - it's strange, not be the youngest kind of adult anymore. And then, one evening, she meets Silas. He is kind, handsome, interested. But only a few weeks later, Oscar walks into her restaurant, his two boys in tow. He is older, grieving the loss of his wife, and wrapped up in his own creativity. Suddenly Casey finds herself at the point of a love triangle, stuck between two very different relationships that promise two very different futures. Lily King's Writers & Lovers follows Casey in the last days of a long youth, a time when everything - her family, her work, her relationships - comes to a crisis. Hugely moving and impossibly funny, it is a transfixing novel that explores the terrifying and exhilarating leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another. It is a novel about love and creativity, and ultimately it captures the moment when a woman becomes an artist.
Poor Your Soul —moving, wise, and passionately written—is a beautiful reflection on sexuality, free will, and the fierce bonds of family. At twenty-eight, Mira Ptacin discovered she was pregnant. Though it was unplanned, she embraced the idea of starting a family and became engaged to Andrew, the father. Five months later, an ultrasound revealed that her child would be born with a constellation of birth defects and no chance of survival outside the womb. Mira was given three options: terminate the pregnancy, induce early delivery, or wait and inevitably miscarry. Mira’s story is paired with that of her mother, who emigrated from Poland to the United States, and who also experienced grievous loss when her only son was killed by a drunk driver. These deftly interwoven stories offer a picture of mother and daughter finding strength in themselves and each other in the face of tragedy.
English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the field for several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in the territory of New Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers' deaths and increasingly frustrated and isolated by his research, Bankson is on the verge of suicide, when a chance encounter with colleagues, the controversial Nell Stone and her wry and mercurial Australian husband Fen, pulls him back from the brink. Nell and Fen have just fled the bloodthirsty Mumbanyo and, in spite of Nell's poor health, are hungry for a new discovery
A break-out novel from one of America's most strikingly powerful and
accessible talents. Father of the Rain tells the spellbinding story of a
daughter struggling to assemble the shards of a broken childhood, mend her
broken-down father, and build herself a future...
After experiencing a profound personal loss, Rosie becomes an au pair for a Parisian family, where she navigates the complexities of cultural differences and familial bonds. Throughout her journey, she discovers important insights about memory and longing, ultimately finding healing and growth in her new environment.
Christel Dormagen, geboren 1943 in Hamburg, studierte Anglistik und Germanistik. Sie ist Übersetzerin für angelsächsische Literatur und außerdem als Journalistin für Rundfunk und Printmedien tätig. Christel Dormagen lebt in Berlin.
