9781761154218 - Foreign Country (3 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A lyrical work that explores the fallibility of memory and asks if we can ever really know the ones we love or ourselves . Estranged sistersEva and Elisabeta Novakhave not spoken since Evas young daughter, Gracie, was killed in a road accident. More than a decade later, and long after Eva has moved overseas, Elizabeta calls, insisting that Eva return home. But when Eva arrives at her sisters house, she discovers that Elizabeta is dead. Eva finds that she has been appointed the executor of Elizabetas estate, and as she undertakes the monumental task of clearing out the house, she comes to know her sister again through the objects and documents that she encounters. Through this process, Eva is forced to reckon with their shared history and the possibility that her mind cannot be trusted. Foreign Country engages with themes of grief and loss, and the instability of memory. The novel explores the difficulty of coming to terms with conflicting accounts of the past and asks how well we ever really know the ones that we love, or our own past selves. PRAISE FOR FOREIGN COUNTRY Deft, haunting and finely paced, Foreign Country is a devastating, engrossing story told with an assured voice. A novel that lingers. Katherine Brabon, author of Cure Vivid and alive with narrative richness and catharsis Books+Publishing a poetic story of emptiness and renewal, trauma and catharsis, loss and love Readings Monthly Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A lyrical work that explores the fallibility of memory and asks if we can ever really know the ones we love or ourselves . Estranged sistersEva and Elisabeta Novakhave not spoken since Evas young daughter, Gracie, was killed in a road accident. More than a decade later, and long after Eva has moved overseas, Elizabeta calls, insisting that Eva return home. But when Eva arrives at her sisters house, she discovers that Elizabeta is dead. Eva finds that she has been appointed the executor of Elizabetas estate, and as she undertakes the monumental task of clearing out the house, she comes to know her sister again through the objects and documents that she encounters. Through this process, Eva is forced to reckon with their shared history and the possibility that her mind cannot be trusted. Foreign Country engages with themes of grief and loss, and the instability of memory. The novel explores the difficulty of coming to terms with conflicting accounts of the past and asks how well we ever really know the ones that we love, or our own past selves. PRAISE FOR FOREIGN COUNTRY Deft, haunting and finely paced, Foreign Country is a devastating, engrossing story told with an assured voice. A novel that lingers. Katherine Brabon, author of Cure Vivid and alive with narrative richness and catharsis Books+Publishing a poetic story of emptiness and renewal, trauma and catharsis, loss and love Readings Monthly Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A lyrical work that explores the fallibility of memory and asks if we can ever really know the ones we love or ourselves . Estranged sistersEva and Elisabeta Novakhave not spoken since Evas young daughter, Gracie, was killed in a road accident. More than a decade later, and long after Eva has moved overseas, Elizabeta calls, insisting that Eva return home. But when Eva arrives at her sisters house, she discovers that Elizabeta is dead. Eva finds that she has been appointed the executor of Elizabetas estate, and as she undertakes the monumental task of clearing out the house, she comes to know her sister again through the objects and documents that she encounters. Through this process, Eva is forced to reckon with their shared history and the possibility that her mind cannot be trusted. Foreign Country engages with themes of grief and loss, and the instability of memory. The novel explores the difficulty of coming to terms with conflicting accounts of the past and asks how well we ever really know the ones that we love, or our own past selves. PRAISE FOR FOREIGN COUNTRY Deft, haunting and finely paced, Foreign Country is a devastating, engrossing story told with an assured voice. A novel that lingers. Katherine Brabon, author of Cure Vivid and alive with narrative richness and catharsis Books+Publishing a poetic story of emptiness and renewal, trauma and catharsis, loss and love Readings Monthly Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.