Trumpet

Picador Classic

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Beschreibung

<p><b>Winner of the <i>Guardian</i> Fiction Prize</b><br><b>'Rich, taut and compelling' - Melvyn Bragg, <i>The Guardian</i><br>'An accomplished display of vocal versatility' - <i>The Literary Review</i></b><br><br>The death of legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret. Unknown to all but his wife Millie, Joss was a woman living as a man. The discovery is most devastating for their adopted son, Colman, whose bewildered fury brings the press to the doorstep and sends his grieving mother to the sanctuary of a remote Scottish village.<br><br><i>Trumpet</i> by Jackie Kay is a starkly beautiful modern classic about the lengths to which people will go for love. It is a moving story of a shared life founded on an intricate lie, of loving deception and lasting devotion, and of the intimate workings of the human heart.<br><br><b>'Kay carefully registers the technical difficulties of transgendered life . . . She leaves us with a broad landscape of sweet tolerance and familial love' - <i>The New York Times</i><br><br>Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern </b><b>literature.</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781035038961

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

193 x 129 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Pan Macmillan