The Report - Brossura

Jessica Francis Kane

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1846272807 ISBN 13: 9781846272806

Casa editrice: Portobello Books Ltd, 2012

Riassunto

It is an early spring evening in 1943 when the air-raid sirens wail out over the East End of London. From every corner of Bethnal Green, people emerge from pubs, cinemas and houses and set off for the shelter of the tube station. But at the entrance steps, something goes badly wrong, the crowd panics, and 173 people are crushed to death. When an enquiry is called for, it falls to the local magistrate, Laurence Dunne, to find out what happened during those few, fatally confused minutes. But as Dunne gathers testimony from the guilt-stricken warden of the shelter, the priest struggling to bring comfort to his congregation, and the grieving mother who has lost her youngest daughter, the picture grows ever murkier. The more questions Dunne asks, the more difficult it becomes to disentangle truth from rumour - and to decide just how much truth the damaged community can actually bear. It is only decades later, when the case is reopened by one of the children who survived, that the facts can finally be brought to light ...

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Recensione:

'A sober, thoughtful book that asks how history views the responsibilities of authorities in times of tragedy.' --Metro, ****

'An artful piece of work ... As a documentary novel, The Report gains from the virtues of both forms.' --Times Literary Supplement

`A smart and troubling novel of ideas which explores the power of crowds and collective guilt' --Financial Times

'An astute and subtle meditation on whether a written account of a traumatic event can ever satisfy all its objectives' --Telegraph

'Composed yet rawly emotional ... An East End ravaged by the blitz is powerfully recreated'
--Guardian

L'autore:

JESSICA FRANCIS KANE is author of an acclaimed story collection, Bending Heaven (Chatto, 2002). Her work has appeared in a number of US publications, including McSweeney's, The Missouri Review, and Michigan Quarterly Review. She lives in New York with her husband and two children. www.jessicafranciskane.com

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• Editore: Portobello Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1846272807
• ISBN 13: 9781846272806
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256