The Cloths of Heaven - Brossura

Eckstein, Sue

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0954930983 ISBN 13: 9780954930981

Casa editrice: Myriad Editions, 2009

Riassunto

Part love story, part journey of discovery, and part comedy of manners, Sue Eckstein’s captivating novel explores a disparate group of expatriates in West Africa and their complicated ties to the country, its people, and to each other. When new diplomat Daniel Maddison arrives in Bakinabe, nothing is quite as it seems or what he imagined it would be. Isabel Redmond is tiring of her husband’s fascination with black women’s breasts; the High Commissioner and his wife, Fenella, are both enjoying illicit affairs; an old English judge is wandering through the scrub following a tribe of Fulani herdsmen; Bob Newpin is about to make a killing in timeshares; and just what Father Seamus is up to is anyone’s guess. Searching for something beyond the cocktail parties, golf, and gossip, Daniel finds himself drawn to people and places outside the experience of his High Commission colleagues—and specifically to a dusty warehouse in the heart of the city where a thin blonde woman is silently measuring out lengths of brightly colored cloth. Funny, lyrical, and ultimately redemptive, Sue Eckstein’s assured debut about passion, loneliness, and being an outsider has a deliciously intricate plot, compelling characters, and razor-sharp dialog.

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Recensione:

'A gripping new novel about ex-pat life in West Africa. A real treat.' --Brigid Keenan, author of Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse

"Eckstein's West-African tale of expats behaving badly has the feel not just of another place but of another era... The undercurrent of the ‘love that dare not speak its name’ flows through this tale, giving it a special urgency." --The Independent on Sunday

L'autore:

Sue Eckstein (1959-2013) worked for VSO for many years in London, Bhutan, and the Gambia, lectured at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, and had a DPhil in creative writing from the University of Sussex. Her plays include The Tuesday Group, first performed in London in 2003, as well as Kaffir Lilies and Laura and Old School Ties all for BBC Radio 4. She is the author of Interpreters.

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• Editore: Myriad Editions
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0954930983
• ISBN 13: 9780954930981
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256