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"Jesse Ball's A Cure for Suicide is a dexterous thing. Its sure-footed strangeness is set from the first page, and from then on it's pretty much irresistible." --The Big Issue
"Other reviews have expressed their fascination with how the human mind works and is there an actual cure for suicide? And I totally agree with them. The human mind is fascinating and how each persons works is intriguing - will there ever be a cure for suicide?" --A Book and Tea
"Ball artfully keeps the reader in the same position, measuring out a little information here, a little there, always suggesting that no information is, or ever can be, complete, until an emotional disaster, a tragic revelation and two or three extraordinary structural shifts break open our way of seeing things." --The Guardian
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"Other reviews have expressed their fascination with how the human mind works and is there an actual cure for suicide? And I totally agree with them. The human mind is fascinating and how each persons works is intriguing - will there ever be a cure for suicide?" --A Book and Tea
"Ball artfully keeps the reader in the same position, measuring out a little information here, a little there, always suggesting that no information is, or ever can be, complete, until an emotional disaster, a tragic revelation and two or three extraordinary structural shifts break open our way of seeing things." --The Guardian
The latest novel from the author of Silence Once Begun (Text, 2014) examines the limits of narrative, recalling the great exploratory fiction of Camus, Kafka and Calvino.
A man and a woman have moved into a small house in a small village. The woman is an "examiner", the man, her "claimant". The examiner is both doctor and guide, charged with teaching the claimant a series of simple functions: this is a chair, this is a fork; this is how you meet people. She makes notes in her journal about his progress: he is showing improvement, yet his dreams are troubling.
One day, the examiner brings him to a party, and here he meets Hilda, a charismatic but volatile woman whose surprising assertions throw everything the claimant has learned into question. What is this village? Why is he here? And who is Hilda?
A man and a woman have moved into a small house in a small village. The woman is an "examiner", the man, her "claimant". The examiner is both doctor and guide, charged with teaching the claimant a series of simple functions: this is a chair, this is a fork; this is how you meet people. She makes notes in her journal about his progress: he is showing improvement, yet his dreams are troubling.
One day, the examiner brings him to a party, and here he meets Hilda, a charismatic but volatile woman whose surprising assertions throw everything the claimant has learned into question. What is this village? Why is he here? And who is Hilda?
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Descripción Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. From the acclaimed author of Silence Once Begun comes a beguiling new novel about a man starting over at the most basic level, and the strange woman who insinuates herself into his life and memory.A man and a woman have moved into a small house in a small village. The woman is an 'examiner', the man, her 'claimant'. The examiner is both doctor and guide, charged with teaching the claimant a series of simple functions- this is a chair, this is a fork, this is how you meet people. She makes notes in her journal about his progress. He is showing improvement, but his dreams are troubling. One day, the examiner brings him to a party, and here he meets Hilda, a charismatic but volatile woman whose surprising assertions throw everything the claimant has learned into question. What is this village? Why is he here? And who is Hilda? A fascinating novel of love, illness, despair and betrayal, A Cure for Suicide is the most captivating novel yet from this audacious and original writer.Praise forSilence Once Begun'Strange, brief, beguiling. Ball's talents, both as a storyteller and a writer of prose, tend to burst the borders of his structures. His language is chastely lyrical, with a discreet masculinity. He is often appealingly funny, in an absurdist manner.' James Wood, New Yorker'A piercing tragedy in a language that combines subtlety and simplicity in such a way that it causes a reader to go carefully, not wanting to miss a word.'New York Times'Immediately and completely absorbing, sucking you in and-a too brief couple of hours later-spitting you right back out again.'Adelaide Advertiser'Silence Once Begunis a suspenseful, philosophical novel masquerading as reportage. Its preoccupations are complex, but it's written with great clarity.The resonances between the narratives-the recourse to silence, inexplicable disappearances, the ineffable qualities of love and loss-are treated with delicacy and restraint.'Weekend Australian Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781925240030
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Descripción Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. From the acclaimed author of Silence Once Begun comes a beguiling new novel about a man starting over at the most basic level, and the strange woman who insinuates herself into his life and memory.A man and a woman have moved into a small house in a small village. The woman is an 'examiner', the man, her 'claimant'. The examiner is both doctor and guide, charged with teaching the claimant a series of simple functions- this is a chair, this is a fork, this is how you meet people. She makes notes in her journal about his progress. He is showing improvement, but his dreams are troubling. One day, the examiner brings him to a party, and here he meets Hilda, a charismatic but volatile woman whose surprising assertions throw everything the claimant has learned into question. What is this village? Why is he here? And who is Hilda? A fascinating novel of love, illness, despair and betrayal, A Cure for Suicide is the most captivating novel yet from this audacious and original writer.Praise forSilence Once Begun'Strange, brief, beguiling. Ball's talents, both as a storyteller and a writer of prose, tend to burst the borders of his structures. His language is chastely lyrical, with a discreet masculinity. He is often appealingly funny, in an absurdist manner.' James Wood, New Yorker'A piercing tragedy in a language that combines subtlety and simplicity in such a way that it causes a reader to go carefully, not wanting to miss a word.'New York Times'Immediately and completely absorbing, sucking you in and-a too brief couple of hours later-spitting you right back out again.'Adelaide Advertiser'Silence Once Begunis a suspenseful, philosophical novel masquerading as reportage. Its preoccupations are complex, but it's written with great clarity.The resonances between the narratives-the recourse to silence, inexplicable disappearances, the ineffable qualities of love and loss-are treated with delicacy and restraint.'Weekend Australian Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781925240030
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Descripción Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. From the acclaimed author of Silence Once Begun comes a beguiling new novel about a man starting over at the most basic level, and the strange woman who insinuates herself into his life and memory.A man and a woman have moved into a small house in a small village. The woman is an 'examiner', the man, her 'claimant'. The examiner is both doctor and guide, charged with teaching the claimant a series of simple functions- this is a chair, this is a fork, this is how you meet people. She makes notes in her journal about his progress. He is showing improvement, but his dreams are troubling. One day, the examiner brings him to a party, and here he meets Hilda, a charismatic but volatile woman whose surprising assertions throw everything the claimant has learned into question. What is this village? Why is he here? And who is Hilda? A fascinating novel of love, illness, despair and betrayal, A Cure for Suicide is the most captivating novel yet from this audacious and original writer.Praise forSilence Once Begun'Strange, brief, beguiling. Ball's talents, both as a storyteller and a writer of prose, tend to burst the borders of his structures. His language is chastely lyrical, with a discreet masculinity. He is often appealingly funny, in an absurdist manner.' James Wood, New Yorker'A piercing tragedy in a language that combines subtlety and simplicity in such a way that it causes a reader to go carefully, not wanting to miss a word.'New York Times'Immediately and completely absorbing, sucking you in and-a too brief couple of hours later-spitting you right back out again.'Adelaide Advertiser'Silence Once Begunis a suspenseful, philosophical novel masquerading as reportage. Its preoccupations are complex, but it's written with great clarity.The resonances between the narratives-the recourse to silence, inexplicable disappearances, the ineffable qualities of love and loss-are treated with delicacy and restraint.'Weekend Australian Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781925240030
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