Crustaceans - Brossura

Cowan, Andrew

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0340713046 ISBN 13: 9780340713044

Casa editrice: Sceptre, 2001

Riassunto

It is December 22nd, a foot of snow has fallen, and Paul is heading out for a small coastal resort on his son Euan's sixth birthday. Shall I tell you a story? he says and recalls the boy's birth, his first words and steps, all the stuff of forgetting, of any boy's life...But nothing, Paul has decided, should ever be lost or discarded or buried, as it was in his own childhood. And so he confides the history of his relationship with Ruth, Euan's mother; the death of his own mother when he himself was a boy; and his father's refusal ever to explain what occurred. It soon becomes evident, however, that Euan is not in the car. Evident, too, that Paul is living alone, and that in the cliffs and dunes of the seaside resort lies the key to his story's conclusion.

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Recensione

'This spare, yet beautiful novel is an intense meditation on isolation and the fragility of love ... The emotional fluency of Cowan's writing is compelling, and the narrator's search for answers to his psychological collapse also becomes the quest of the reader ... Crustaceans is so well crafted that the catharsis of the well-rounded ending at the seaside made this reviewer cry.' Observer

A story written with much delicacy and the quality of the writing is superb. A truly heart-rending tale by a master craftsman (Publishing News)

'Crustaceans is an elegantly written exploration of grief that unwinds its secrets slowly, achingly and inexorably until the bitter conclusion.' James Eve, The Times

The emotional fluency of Cowan's writing is compelling (Observer)

'Cowan's portrayal of a father's grief is heart-wrenchingly real, and is enhanced by his ability to bring background characters and events to life. Sketched in a few sure strokes, the hunched teenagers in Puffa jackets, bored in a playground, a small child's stubborness, trust and concentration, and the abandoned feel of an out-of-season cafe, all spring vividly from the page.' Pam Barrett, Sunday Times

An elegantly written exploration of grief (James Eve, The Times)

Cowan's portrayal of a father's grief is heart-wrenchingly real (Pam Barrett, Sunday Times)

Descrizione del libro

The haunting and eagarly awaited new novel from the award-winning author of PIG

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sceptre
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0340713046
• ISBN 13: 9780340713044
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 191
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile