Cousins - Couverture souple

Vickers, Salley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0241187729 ISBN 13 : 9780241187722

Editeur : Viking, 2016

Synopsis

'A wonderful book. Salley Vickers spins a spellbinding account of a family in distress' Elizabeth Strout

How much can love ask of us?

Brilliant and mercurial Will Tye suffers a life changing accident. The terrible event ripples through three generations of the complex and eccentric Tye family, bringing to light old tragedies and dangerous secrets. Each member of the family holds some clue to the chain of events which may have led to the accident and each holds themselves to blame. Most closely affected is Will's cousin Cecelia, whose affinity with Will leaves her most vulnerable to his suffering and whose own life is for ever changed by how she will respond to it.

Told through the eyes of three women close to Will, his sister, his grandmother and his aunt, Cousins is a novel weaving darkness and light which takes us from the outbreak of World War Two to the present day, exploring the recurrence of tragedy, the nature of trangression, and the limits of morality and love.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Salley Vickers is the author of many acclaimed novels including the best-selling Miss Garnet's Angel, Mr Golightly's Holiday, The Other Side of You and The Cleaner of Chartres (Viking 2012) and two short story collections, the latest The Boy Who Could See Death (Viking 2015). She has worked as a cleaner, a dancer, a teacher of children with special needs, a university lecturer and a psychoanalyst. She now writes and lectures full time. Find out more at www.salleyvickers.com or @SalleyVickers.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'No one can dig down into the shrouded recesses of the human heart quite as forensically as Vickers' Sunday Times

'Utterly compelling... Cousins is a remarkable book about the strange tact and terrors of family life and the histories that haunt it.' Adam Phillips

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

From the best-selling author of Miss Garnet's Angel and The Cleaner of Chartres

It is 1994 and young Will Tye has suffered an appalling accident. The catastrophe affects the lives of three generations of the Tye family and leads to the revelation of dark secrets, long held and deeply disturbing.

Told through the eyes of three women close to Will, his sister, his grandmother and his aunt, Cousins is a novel which takes us from the outbreak of the Second World War to the present day. Interweaving joy and tragedy, this powerful novel explores inherited family trauma and transgression, the limits of morality and the lengths to which real love, when tested, will ultimately go.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Viking
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241187729
• ISBN 13: 9780241187722
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible