The Empty Room - Rilegato

Davis, Lauren B

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ISBN 10: 1443418293 ISBN 13: 9781443418294

Casa editrice: HarperCollins Publishers, 2013

Riassunto

A raw and groundbreaking journey to the depths of addiction, from the author of Our Daily Bread, longlisted for the Giller Prize

Colleen Kerrigan wakes up sick and bruised, with no clear memory of the night before. It’s Monday morning, and she is late for work again. She’s shocked to see the near-empty vodka bottle on her kitchen counter. It was full at noon yesterday; surely she didn’t drink that much last night? As she struggles out the door, she fights the urge to have a sip, just to take the edge off. But no, she’s not going to drink today.

But this is the day Colleen’s demons come for her. A very bad day spirals into night as a series of flashbacks take the reader through Colleen’s past moments of friendship and loss, fragments of peace and possibility. The single constant is the bottle, always close by, Colleen’s worst enemy and her only friend.

In this unforgettable work, acclaimed novelist Lauren B. Davis has created as searing, raw and powerful a portrayal of the chaos and pain of alcoholism as we have encountered in fiction. Told with compassion, insight and an irresistible gallows humour, The Empty Room takes us to the depths of addiction, only to find a revelation at its heart: the importance and grace of one person reaching out to another.

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L'autore:

Lauren B. Davis is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed novels The Stubborn Season, The Radiant City, Our Daily Bread—which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and named a best book of the year by both The Globe and Mail and The Boston Globe—and The Empty Room—named a best book of the year by the National Post and the Winnipeg Free Press—as well as two collections of short stories. Born in Montreal, she now lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Web: laurenbdavis.com

Facebook: Lauren B. Davis

Twitter: @Laurenbdavis

Su questa edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1443418293
• ISBN 13: 9781443418294
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 320