We Are Not in the World

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Beschreibung

'Stylish, deft...an absolutely fascinating novel' Guardian<br>'Haunting, mesmerising, and so deeply intelligent' Kamila Shamsie, author of Women's Prize for Fiction winning Home Fire<br><br>'Powerful...compelling and profoundly moving' Irish Times<br><br>'Heartbreaking, sweetly logical and tentatively hopeful' Spectator<br><br>Heartbroken after a long, painful love affair, a man drives a haulage lorry from England to France. Travelling with him is a secret passenger - his daughter. Twenty-something, unkempt, off the rails.<br><br>With a week on the road together, father and daughter must restore themselves and each other, and repair a relationship that is at once fiercely loving and deeply scarred.<br><br>As they journey south, down the motorways, through the service stations, a devastating picture reveals itself: a story of grief, of shame, and of love in all its complex, dark and glorious manifestations.<br>______________<br><br>What readers are saying:<br>***** 'The prose is sublime and deeply moving . . . a stunning novel'<br>***** 'Beautifully written, lyrical and unsettling in its exploration of human frailties, family, love, and loss, grief'<br>**** 'A haunting, tragic and highly original story of a father and daughter travelling across England and France in a haulage truck, and discovering more about their relationship and past in all its raw candour'<br><br>MORE PRAISE FOR WE ARE NOT IN THE WORLD:<br>'Unusual, utterly original and mysterious . . . a must read' Elaine Feeney<br>'...the book stays with you, a haunting presence you cannot - and do not want to - escape...astounding.' Ruth Gilligan Extraordinary...achingly sad and tender and sexy, and the writing is very beautiful.' Louise Kennedy<br>'Wonderful, wrenching . . . full of enormous feelings very precisely rendered' Sara Baume<br>'Elusive, unsettling, beautiful, haunting. This is a complex, devastating study of human relations; a portrait of intense love and damage in equal measure.' Lisa Harding<br>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529176360

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 126 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Verlag / Hersteller

Red Fox Picture Books