This woman is a profound writer. If you are at all interested in contemporary fiction, this is work you must not miss. Richard Ford
Beschreibung
Nathan Staples is consumed by loathing and love in roughly equal measures. Frustrated by his life and the way he lives it, he is sustained only by his passionate devotion for his estranged wife and their teenage daughter, Mary. When Nathan contrives to have Mary invited to the island where he lives in retreat, he sets in motion the possiblity of telling her he is her father, and becoming whole and complete and alive again.
Rezension
"Full of the wittiest and most profound writing by one of the most accomplished authors in the UK." Debbie Taylor Culture (Newcastle Journal)
Klappentext
Nathan Staples is consumed by loathing and love in roughly equal measures. When Nathan contrives to have Mary invited to the island where he lives in retreat, he sets in motion the possiblity of telling her he is her father, and becoming whole and complete and alive again.
Biografie
A. L. (Alison Louise) Kennedy, am 22. Oktober 1965 im schottischen Dundee geboren, gehört seit ihrer ersten Aufnahme in die legendäre Granta-Anthologie Best of Young British Writers (1993) zu den meistbeachteten Autorinnen Großbritanniens und gewann zahlreiche Preise. A. L. Kennedy wurde u.a. mit dem Somerset Maugham Award ausgezeichnet. Die Autorin, Dramatikerin und Filmemacherin lebt in Glasgow und meldet sich mit Beiträgen im Guardian auch politisch zu Wort, u.a. als engagierte Gegnerin des Irak-Krieges. Sie erhielt 2008 den Internationale Eifel-Literatur-Preis.
