Natural Flights of the Human Mind - Brossura

Morrall, Clare

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0771064772 ISBN 13: 9780771064777

Casa editrice: McClelland & Stewart, 2006

Riassunto

A captivating new novel from the Man Booker Prize — shortlisted author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour that
combines suspense, dark humour, and the sheer eccentricities of being human.

Peter Straker lives in a disused lighthouse on the Devon coast, where his routines are dictated by the sea and weather. He speaks to no one — except in his dreams. There he converses with some of the seventy-eight people he believes he killed twenty-four years ago, when his airplane collided with a passenger train.

But Straker’s carefully preserved solitude is about to be invaded. Many years ago, newlywed Imogen Doody’s husband went to work one day and never came back, leaving her angry at life and other people. When Imogen inherits a cottage near Straker’s lighthouse, it’s a piece of good fortune she badly needs. But the cottage is falling down, and against his will — and hers — Straker finds himself helping her to repair it. And as the twenty-fifth anniversary of Straker’s crime approaches, other forces are gathering to disturb his precarious peace.

Guilt, loss, and the secrets of the past lie at the heart of this utterly engaging story of two misfits who become bound together in unlikely ways. Related with warmth and wit, Clare Morrall’s new novel testifies to the resilience of the human spirit and confirms the promise of her first novel.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

Praise for Astonishing Splashes of Colour:

“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

“Shocking, heart-stopping and completely absorbing.”
— The Observer

L'autore:

Clare Morrall lives in Birmingham, England. Her internationally acclaimed first novel, Astonishing Splashes of Colour, was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize in 2003.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McClelland & Stewart
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0771064772
• ISBN 13: 9780771064777
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400