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What mystery at the heart of Kitty’s family makes her four older brothers so vague about her mother’s life? And why does her artist father splash paint on canvas rather than answer his daughter’s questions? On the edges of her dreams, Kitty glimpses the kaleidoscope hippie van that took her sister Dinah away and wonders how this event may link to the dim corridors of her own childhood, a childhood in which she had no tangible sense of her mother.
This compelling novel is threaded through with a dark humour and resonates with universal truths as it tells of identity struggles in a large family, the sadness of lost children, the approach of breakdown and desperation – and the optimism of an eccentric, loving marriage. Skilful, unsentimental, fresh, and original, Astonishing Splashes of Colour is a sparkling debut by a writer of exceptional talent.
What mystery at the heart of Kitty’s family makes her four older brothers so vague about her mother’s life? And why does her artist father splash paint on canvas rather than answer his daughter’s questions? On the edges of her dreams, Kitty glimpses the kaleidoscope hippie van that took her sister Dinah away and wonders how this event may link to the dim corridors of her own childhood, a childhood in which she had no tangible sense of her mother.
This compelling novel is threaded through with a dark humour and resonates with universal truths as it tells of identity struggles in a large family, the sadness of lost children, the approach of breakdown and desperation – and the optimism of an eccentric, loving marriage. Skilful, unsentimental, fresh, and original, Astonishing Splashes of Colour is a sparkling debut by a writer of exceptional talent.
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“A heartbreaking and accomplished debut.”
–The Bookseller (starred review)
“Absorbing and sure-footed..... Extremely well written and compulsively readable.... Morrall has written a genuinely solid and satisfying work of fiction, skilfully plotted and fielding a cast of fully realised and individualised characters. More please.”
–Sunday Times (U.K.)
“An extremely good first novel: deceptively simple, subtly observed, with a plot that drags you forward like a strong current.”
–Daily Mail (U.K.)
“A moving novel about loss, and particularly lost children.”
–The Guardian (U.K.)
“We are drawn by Kitty into her unique world as she strives for a sense of self, of belonging.... I defy anyone to read this book slowly. Or to read it once and then just forget it.”
–newBOOKS.mag
“An intense portrait of a woman who cannot remember her own mother and will never be a mother herself.... A real page-turner.”
–Big Issue (U.K.)
“An extraordinary, gripping novel written with no sentimentality. A wonderful piece of writing – it is astonishing that she has never been published before.”
–Professor John Carey, Chair of the Man Booker Prize
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–The Bookseller (starred review)
“Absorbing and sure-footed..... Extremely well written and compulsively readable.... Morrall has written a genuinely solid and satisfying work of fiction, skilfully plotted and fielding a cast of fully realised and individualised characters. More please.”
–Sunday Times (U.K.)
“An extremely good first novel: deceptively simple, subtly observed, with a plot that drags you forward like a strong current.”
–Daily Mail (U.K.)
“A moving novel about loss, and particularly lost children.”
–The Guardian (U.K.)
“We are drawn by Kitty into her unique world as she strives for a sense of self, of belonging.... I defy anyone to read this book slowly. Or to read it once and then just forget it.”
–newBOOKS.mag
“An intense portrait of a woman who cannot remember her own mother and will never be a mother herself.... A real page-turner.”
–Big Issue (U.K.)
“An extraordinary, gripping novel written with no sentimentality. A wonderful piece of writing – it is astonishing that she has never been published before.”
–Professor John Carey, Chair of the Man Booker Prize
Astonishing Splashes of Colour is Clare Morrall’s first published novel. Born in 1952, Morrall grew up in Exmouth, Devon. She has two adult daughters and lives in Birmingham, England, where she works as a music teacher. This debut novel has gained attention around the world.
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- EditoreMcClelland & Stewart
- Data di pubblicazione2003
- ISBN 10 0771064756
- ISBN 13 9780771064753
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine336
- Valutazione libreria
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ISBN 10: 0771064756
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