The Trick Is To Keep Breathing - Brossura

Galloway, Janice

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0749391731 ISBN 13: 9780749391737

Casa editrice: Vintage, 1991

Riassunto

'An account from the inside of a mind cracking up. . . its writing is as taut as a bowstring. From brilliant title to closing injunction, it hums with intelligence, clarity, wit; and, its heroine's struggle for order and meaning seduces our minds, exposes how close we all of us are to insanity. Joy, as Galloway's heroine reluctantly lets us know that she's called, is simply that dangerous step or two nearer the edge' LISTENER.

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Recensione

"A real achievement; its dialogue sparks and its voice is true. For Janice Galloway the trick is simply to keep writing" (Scotsman)

"This is like a Scottish Catcher in the Rye. You actually feel you’re inside this woman’s head, it is that visceral. And having experienced a downward spiral myself, I so admire her accuracy in every detail" (Alan Cumming New York Times)

"Claustrophobic but extraordinary" (Sunday Times)

"An account from the inside of a mind cracking up...its writing is as taut as a bowstring. From brilliant title to closing injunction, it hums with intelligence, clarity, wit; and, its heroine's struggle for order and meaning seduces our minds, exposes how close we all of us are to insanity. Joy, as Galloway's heroine reluctantly lets us know that she's called, is simply that dangerous step or two nearer the edge" (Listener)

"Distressing but immaculately written" (Observer)

Descrizione del libro

Galloway invites us into the mind of a woman on the edge, in a novel which ‘resembles Tristram Shandy as rewritten by Sylvia Plath.’ New York Times

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0749391731
• ISBN 13: 9780749391737
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240