Trumpet - Rilegato

Kay, Jackie

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ISBN 10: 0375405097 ISBN 13: 9780375405099

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 1999

Riassunto

The death of celebrated Scottish trumpeter Joss Moody reveals an extraordinary secret to which only his wife Millie had been a party, a secret that profoundly alters the life of Millie, their adopted son Colman, and their friends and colleagues

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WINNER OF THE 1998 GUARDIAN FICTION PRIZE

"It has a humanity and sympathy which engaged me from start to finish. And its energy and directness made it a treat to read. . . . [Trumpet makes] us see that people apparently very unlike ourselves are in fact very much like ourselves. . . . Love is not usually such a triumphant idea in modern writing, but I think Jackie Kay makes it believably and vividly so."
-- Ian Jack, Granta

"Kay spins a love story, a fairy tale, and a psychological thriller out of one deep secret. She has a great gift for delving inside sundry souls, making poetry of their quirks. At its best, her prose ripples like jazz and brims with exquisite insights."
-- Andrea Ashworth, author of Once in a House on Fire

"Jackie Kay makes the unbelievable gloriously real. For a first novel this is remarkably assured, full of melody and tension. Each character is given a singing part, bouncing notes and harmonies off each other as Joss's story is teasingly, movingly revealed. . . .
Trumpet is a love story and a lament, beautifully told."        
-- Eithne Farry, Time Out

L'autore:

Jackie Kay was born and raised in Scotland. She is the author of two collections of poetry: Other Lovers (which won a Somerset Maugham Award) and The Adoption Papers. She lives in England.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0375405097
• ISBN 13: 9780375405099
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 278