The Forrests
(Sprache: Englisch)
"Like Virginia Woolf's The Waves, this is a novel about individuality, the self and community, told in a dizzyingly original style. Dorothy Forrest is immersed in the sensory world around her; she lives in the moment. From the beginning to the very end of...
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"Like Virginia Woolf's The Waves, this is a novel about individuality, the self and community, told in a dizzyingly original style. Dorothy Forrest is immersed in the sensory world around her; she lives in the moment. From the beginning to the very end of her life, this is her great gift and possible misfortune. In a narrative that shifts and moves, growing as wild as the characters, The FORRESTS is an extraordinary literary achievement. A novel that sings with colour and memory, it speaks of family and time, ageing and loneliness, youth, ..."
Autoren-Porträt von Emily Perkins
Emily Perkins, born 1970 in Christchurch, is a New Zealand author. A longtime resident of London, Perkins now lives in Auckland where she is currently employed by both The University of Auckland as a creative writing tutor and AUT University as a lecturer.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Emily Perkins
- 2012, Export Edition., Maße: 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 1408818914
- ISBN-13: 9781408818916
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for Novel About My Wife: 'A fascinating portrait of a marriage, in all its labyrinthine complexity and tenderness. A beautiful, shocking book, it had me gripped from its very first sentence' Maggie O'Farrell 'A frightening tale of delusion ... fast and inexorable ... Perkins draws out the emotional tension and the thematic parallels while keeping the action tight and gripping' Sunday Times 'A sensuous and compassionate study of a doomed relationship, which suggests that love can survive the vicissitudes of modern life; and, perhaps, death itself' Daily Mail 'Chilling ... A disturbing, sad and brilliantly paced novel' Time Out
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