More Bread Or I'll Appear - Couverture rigide

Martin, Emer

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0395918715 ISBN 13 : 9780395918715

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999

Synopsis

At high speed and with wicked humor, Emer Martin introduces us to a family unlike any other. Long after her husband is institutionalized, Molly moves her children from the west of Ireland to Dublin. She is following her eldest daughter Aisling --- her favorite, the beloved --- who is to attend college there. But one summer Aisling disappears. Fifteen years later, Molly persuades the youngest and most reliable of her five children, Keelin, to put her own life on hold to search for Aisling. Traveling the world with various of her siblings, Keelin learns that each is cursed with their father's affliction --- "the doubting disease," as they call it. In one way or another, each is paralyzed and compelled to perform irrational acts. In pursuit of her wild, elusive sister, whose personality defies categorization, Keelin takes on a hip and decadent Japan, a talk-show-worthy United States, and a surreal Central America. Many curious adventures, an uncertain reunion, and a stunning betrayal later, Keelin is forced to question the familial attachments that have always driven her. More Bread or I'll Appear casts a unique eye on the issues of gender, race, and class that are vital to contemporary culture. It is a story about family, an examination of the tyranny of genetic and emotional bonds.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

At high speed and with wicked humor, Emer Martin introduces us to a family unlike any other. Long after her husband is institutionalized, Molly moves her children from the west of Ireland to Dublin. She is following her eldest daughter Aisling --- her favorite, the beloved --- who is to attend college there. But one summer Aisling disappears. Fifteen years later, Molly persuades the youngest and most reliable of her five children, Keelin, to put her own life on hold to search for Aisling. Traveling the world with various of her siblings, Keelin learns that each is cursed with their father's affliction --- "the doubting disease," as they call it. In one way or another, each is paralyzed and compelled to perform irrational acts. In pursuit of her wild, elusive sister, whose personality defies categorization, Keelin takes on a hip and decadent Japan, a talk-show-worthy United States, and a surreal Central America. Many curious adventures, an uncertain reunion, and a stunning betrayal later, Keelin is forced to question the familial attachments that have always driven her. More Bread or I'll Appear casts a unique eye on the issues of gender, race, and class that are vital to contemporary culture. It is a story about family, an examination of the tyranny of genetic and emotional bonds.

Revue de presse

"Wry, trenchant. . . . Sharp-witted. . . . Movingly reveals the harm of clinging to the past, even in the name of family."  -The New York Times Book Review

"A work of uncommon intelligence. . . . Martin's voice is strong and vibrant, her vision acute." --The Boston Book Review
  
"Emer Martin has put her generation into one of the world's oldest stories: the quest to bring the beloved back home." --The Seattle Times/
Post-Intelligencer
  
"Ms. Martin [has] inventive control of incident, [the] ability to create eccentric characters who are also convincing, and [an] obliquely comic style." --The Atlantic Monthly

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0395918715
• ISBN 13: 9780395918715
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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