Life on Other Planets (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Valley Press, 2021
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Paperback. When I was fourteen, my family had a nervous breakdown It is 1997. To himself, Benjamin Carter is a thing drifted somehow out of its orbit. With the news that Great Aunt Pearl is dead, his summer is looking like yet another non-starter. Theres his summons to the clearance of her ramshackle house. His dads awkward pep talks. A toxic cocktail of over-zealous aunts and uncles. And then theres the Church of the Holy Heavensthe space cult thats been wooing Pearl for all shes worth. It was supposed to be simple: grieve, junk, funeral, home. But from the side-lines, Ben can see the cracks starting to show. When the search for a will goes off-beam, the Carters find themselves under siege by the property they all crave. Alone in the house together, the Carters lives lock into something unrecognisable and their pursuit of Aunt Pearls not-quite-worldly goods entirely consumes them. As Ben comes face-to-face with death, a new person emerges: curious, uninhibited, free-falling. In Life on Other Planets, Matt Cook has created a startling portrait of a young man caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Comedies of English manners have rarely been darker.'Not many writers would see the possibilities of crafting a novel out of a house clearance but Matt Cook does so brilliantly in this funny, shrewd and satirical book' The Spectator'Inventive, tender and genuinely funny. Matt Cooks brilliant debut is a hugely entertaining exploration of family, belonging, and the mysteries of the great beyond' Adam Marek, author of Instruction Manual for Swallowing'Fact: Matt Cook is a remarkable new literary voice and Life on Other Planets is cosmically good. With a unique vision and writing that brings to mind J.D. Salinger by way of Charlie Kaufman, he illuminates family in all its complexity' Mary Otis, author of Yes, Yes, Cherries'Great Aunt Pearls house, disappearing under layers of junk is the seething, decrepit setting for this dark comedy of sickly gloom and psychic disintegration. I found myself willingly submitting to this strange, touching, beautifully written book' Jeff Young, author of Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay Confronting the darker forces concealed beneath the trifling disputes and sore spots of life after death, this blackly comic book unravels the mysteries of a family irreparably divided by alienation, entitlement and loss. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
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- Título
- Life on Other Planets (Paperback)
- Autor
- Matt Cook
- Editorial
- Valley Press
- Año de publicación
- 2021
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 1912436965
- ISBN 13
- 9781912436965
When I was fourteen, my family had a nervous breakdown…
It is 1997. To himself, Benjamin Carter is a thing drifted somehow out of its orbit. With the news that Great Aunt Pearl is dead, his summer is looking like yet another non-starter. There’s his summons to the clearance of her ramshackle house. His dad’s awkward pep talks. A toxic cocktail of over-zealous aunts and uncles. And then there’s the Church of the Holy Heavens―the space cult that’s been wooing Pearl for all she’s worth.
It was supposed to be simple: grieve, junk, funeral, home. But from the side-lines, Ben can see the cracks starting to show. When the search for a will goes off-beam, the Carters find themselves under siege by the property they all crave. Alone in the house together, the Carters’ lives lock into something unrecognisable and their pursuit of Aunt Pearl’s not-quite-worldly goods entirely consumes them. As Ben comes face-to-face with death, a new person emerges: curious, uninhibited, free-falling. In Life on Other Planets, Matt Cook has created a startling portrait of a young man caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Comedies of English manners have rarely been darker.
- ''Not many writers would see the possibilities of crafting a novel out of a house clearance ― but Matt Cook does so brilliantly in this funny, shrewd and satirical book'' – The Spectator
- ''Inventive, tender and genuinely funny. Matt Cook’s brilliant debut is a hugely entertaining exploration of family, belonging, and the mysteries of the great beyond'' – Adam Marek, author of Instruction Manual for Swallowing
- ''Fact: Matt Cook is a remarkable new literary voice and Life on Other Planets is cosmically good. With a unique vision and writing that brings to mind J.D. Salinger by way of Charlie Kaufman, he illuminates family in all its complexity'' – Mary Otis, author of Yes, Yes, Cherries
- ''Great Aunt Pearl’s house, disappearing under layers of junk is the seething, decrepit setting for this dark comedy of sickly gloom and psychic disintegration. I found myself willingly submitting to this strange, touching, beautifully written book'' – Jeff Young, author of Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay
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Matt Cook was born in 1979 in Chelmsford, Essex. He studied Psychology at the University of Manchester before becoming a freelance writer.
His short and non-fiction has been shortlisted for Writing on the Wall’s Pulp Idol and the Cambridge Short Story Prize, and he has featured in The Stockholm Review, Oblong Magazine, Number Eleven, Spelk, The Pygmy Giant, Boneshaker, Tusk, Small Doggies and Imbroglio. Life on Other Planets is his first novel. He lives in Liverpool with his family.
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