The Language of Others - Brossura

Morrall, Clare

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0340896671 ISBN 13: 9780340896679

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007

Riassunto

The world is a puzzling, sometimes frightening place for Jessica Fontaine. As a child she only finds contentment in playing the piano and wandering alone in the empty spaces of Audlands Hall, the dilapidated country house where she grows up. Twenty-five years later, divorced, with her son still living at home, Jessica remains preoccupied by the desire to create space around her. Then her volatile ex-husband reappears, the first of several surprises that both transform Jessica’s present and give her a startling new perspective on the past. This is the the absorbing story of a woman who spends much of her life feeling that she is out of step with the real world, until she discovers why. Related with humor and compassion, it offers a fresh, illuminating insight into what it means to be normal.

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Recensione

It's the warmth and roundedness of her characters that give Morrall's novels their appeal . . . THE LANGUAGE OF OTHERS offers a suspenseful tale with a taut, spare style and real emotional impact. In this and in its brave challenge to our assumptions about what it means to be normal it's a more than worthy shelfmate to Astonishing Splashes of Colour. (Guardian)

A story of self-discovery, of difficult family relationships and redemptive friendships that slips between past and present and unfolds not so much a coming-of-age as a coming-to-understanding . . . An enjoyable, engrossing read (Independent)

A writer with a phenomenal imagination and power with words (Scotsman)

Pacy with an intriguing plot, Morrall has produced a joyful novel . . . Morrall combines thoughtful, satisfying writing with an accessible style. Expect plaudits all round. (Birmingham Post)

'Enthralling' (Irish Times)

She [Morrall] also has a talent for making characters who might ordinarily alienate readers seem appealing, funny and moving. The result is a surprisingly joyful novel (Daily Mail)

Not only very readable, but very moving; a funny, and occasionally sad, account of what it feels like to be outside the norm (The Times)

Subtle and absorbing . . . Morrall has a talent for making pitiable characters triumphantly sympathetic (Guardian)

Morrall's rewarding third novel combines strong characters and vital evocations of place with a greater psychological intensity (Financial Times)

Descrizione del libro

The wise, warm story of a woman negotiating her way through life without realising she doesn't understand the rules of the game, by the Booker-shortlisted author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour

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• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0340896671
• ISBN 13: 9780340896679
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384