Staring at Lakes: A memoir of love, melancholy and magical thinking - Brossura

Harding, Michael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 144474349X ISBN 13: 9781444743494

Casa editrice: Hachette Books Ireland, 2013

Riassunto

Winner of the Irish Book Awards' National Book Tokens' Non-Fiction Book of the Year and The John Murray Show Listeners' Choice Award, a candid memoir of a middle-aged man on the verge of disaster—and how love brings him back from the brink

Michael Harding gives a brutally honest and beautifully written account of his journey through life, and his failed attempts to find meaning which brought about a long period of depression. But this is a love story and Michael comes to realize that all things are sustained by love and this is where real meaning resides.

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Recensione:

'Hilarious, and tender, and mad, and harrowing, and wistful, and always beautifully written. A wonderful book' (Kevin Barry, author of City of Bohane)

'This frank and unflinching memoir offers a fascinating insight into the mind of the author of two of the finest Irish novels of the eighties' (Pat McCabe, author of The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto)

'This memoir grabs you from the outset and holds you right to the end. Harding traverses the human soul and excavates its deepest secrets. His language sings. Extraordinary' (Deirdre Purcell, author of Pearl and Diamonds and Holes in My Shoes)

'It's rare for a memoir to demand such intense emotional involvement, and rarer still for it to be so fully rewarded.' (Sunday Times)

I read this book in one sitting ... it held me and wouldn't let it go (Mary McEvoy Irish Independent 2013-03-02)

Engaging (Irish Examiner 2013-03-16)

Compelling (Sunday Business Post 2013-03-03)

Difficult to put down (Irish Times)

Descrizione del libro:

Staring at Lakes is about the essence of love and marriage, about growing old and sitting in cars and staring at lakes.

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• Editore: Hachette Books Ireland
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 144474349X
• ISBN 13: 9781444743494
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 311