QUITE CONTRARY - Couverture souple

Dunn, Suzannah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006544797 ISBN 13 : 9780006544791

Editeur : Flamingo, 2000

Synopsis

The award-winning debut novel from the author of Venus Flaring and Tenterhooks.

Elizabeth, a young, overworked hospital doctor, gets a phone call from her father late on a Friday night telling her that her mother is dangerously ill. Over the course of the weekend that follows, Elizabeth, on duty as ever and confronting the barely controlled chaos of a busy casualty ward, finds moments to reminisce about her childhood, its joys and its miseries. Past and present are interwoven in a series of vivid tableaux, drawing the reader into an intimate understanding of Elizabeth’s life as a whole.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Suzannah Dunn is the author of eight previous books of fiction: Darker Days Than Usual, Blood Sugar, Past Caring, Quite Contrary, Venus Flaring, Tenterhooks, Commencing Our Descent and most recently Queen of Subtleties. She lives in Shropshire.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Elizabeth, a young, overworked hospital doctor gets a phone call from her father late on a Friday night telling her that her mother is dangerously ill. Over the weekend that follows, Elizabeth, on duty as ever and confronting the barely controlled chaos of a busy casualty ward, finds moments of reminisce about her childhood, its joys and its miseries. Past and present are interwoven into a series of vivid tableaux, drawing the reader into an intimate understanding of Elizabeth's life as a whole.

'In this vivid picture of 'normal' life, Dunn's Elizabeth, the oldest of three sisters, is a witty, down-to-earth female whom you really care for. 'Quite Contrary' isn't a weepy slice of bedtime reading, it's a well-observed chapter on growing up – and it proves a touching and remarkably unpredictable read.'
TIME OUT

'The writing is loaded with vibrant, visual images of so strongly evocative, so poetic a quality that they seem about to burst and to yield up a weight of hidden meaning.'
LITERARY REVIEW

'A compelling debut novel from a writer steadily gathering critical plaudits for her penetrative eye and unfussy style… The novel succeeds primarily as a luminous, honest and haunting portrait of a single woman doing a demanding job and trying to say alive inside as well.'
SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Flamingo
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0006544797
• ISBN 13: 9780006544791
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Silvia Ruiz Crespo; silviaruizcrespo3@icloud.com; a11.cyberbull@gmail.com; ; Calle otamendi; Madrid; Madrid; 28039; Espagne