Joyce, R: Perfect
From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
(Sprache: Englisch)
A new Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry with a very different but equally unlikely and heartrending hero. A story of secrets, a terrible mistake, and the destructive nature of perfection.
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A new Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry with a very different but equally unlikely and heartrending hero. A story of secrets, a terrible mistake, and the destructive nature of perfection.
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Summer, 1972: In the claustrophobic heat, eleven-year-old Byron and his friend begin 'Operation Perfect', a hapless mission to rescue Byron's mother from impending crisis.
Winter, present day: As frost creeps across the moor, Jim cleans tables in the local café, a solitary figure struggling with OCD. His job is a relief from the rituals that govern his nights.
Little would seem to connect them except that two seconds can change everything.
And if your world can be shattered in an instant, can time also put it right?
Autoren-Porträt von Rachel Joyce
Rachel Joyce weiß, wie man Menschen mit Worten ganz direkt berührt. Die Autorin hat über 20 Hörspiele für die BBC verfasst und wurde dafür mehrfach ausgezeichnet. Daneben hat sie Stoffe fürs Fernsehen bearbeitet und auch selbst als Schauspielerin für Theater und Film gearbeitet. Ihr erster Roman „Die unwahrscheinliche Pilgerreise des Harold Fry", wurde für den Booker-Preis nominiert, mit dem Specsavers National Book Award für das beste Debüt prämiert, eroberte in über 30 Ländern die Bestellerlisten und wird verfilmt. Rachel Joyce lebt mit ihrem Mann und ihren vier Kindern in Gloucestershire auf dem Land.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Rachel Joyce
- 2014, 448 Seiten, Maße: 11 x 17,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Black Swan
- ISBN-10: 0552779709
- ISBN-13: 9780552779708
Sprache:
Englisch
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"A near-flawless novel of emotional truth. Joyce executes this story with precision and flair... Its unputdownable factor lies in its exploration of so many multilayered emotions... It is her clever did-I-read-that-right twist at the end that really got to me and had me scrabbling back through the chapters, open-mouthed." Evening Standard "The power of Joyce's prose lies in small, astute observations... [her] subtle touches give the book an intense, slightly mesmeric feel. Tense and engrossing... readers who loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will not be disappointed." Sunday Times "What's right with it? You'll fall in love with the characters. They're kind, anxious, flawed, funny and wonderful. Also, knowing that the two stories will have to meet builds a wonderful sense of tension. What's wrong with it? Nothing. It's brilliant. Even the fact that Byron is convinced that scientists tried to slip an extra two seconds into time is a wonderful hook for all the decisions he goes on to make. Verdict: Uplifting, engaging, sad and funny. A perfect follow-up to The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry." Heat magazine's #1 book to be reading right now (July) "This book is hard in every sense... But persevere and plough on alongside Byron (who you'll find you want to stay with, as if by continuing to read him you might be able to protect him somehow, or at least keep him company), and the reward is a redemptive ending of such tenderness that after 300-odd pages of darkness you will end up grinning dippily and recommending this wild, searching book to everyone you know." The Times "Joyce's faith in the essential goodness of humanity and her observation of the comedy in the everyday shine through... Byron is not an obvious hero but like Christopher Boone (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) he will tug at your heart... This is a darker, more complex novel than Joyce's first but readers will find other points of comparison. Not least a twist that few will
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see coming and will leave you reeling; and a redemptive ending that is perhaps the sweeter given all the pain that goes before. An instant classic, Perfect confirms Rachel Joyce as a major new British literary voice." Daily Express
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