Offcomer - Couverture rigide

Baker, Jo

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0434009296 ISBN 13 : 9780434009299

Editeur : William Heinemann Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Set in Lancashire, Oxford and Belfast, Offcomer (Lancashire dialect for an outsider) tells the story of Claire. Claire - in her own words, 'Jewish-ish' - is the daughter of a Jewish mother adopted when young by Gentiles, and a Gentile father. She is a young woman with little self-esteem, little sense of who she is and little in the way of feeling beyond her regular recourse to cutting her ankle with a razor. Offcomer tells Claire's story from Oxford University to Northern Ireland, of her disastrous relationship with a young academic and the emergence of secrets from her mother's past, to her gradual acceptance of herself as she finds a path to some level of self-esteem and self-worth. Offcomer is a truly remarkable debut, a novel of quiet and real power.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Born and raised in the village of Arkholme near Lancaster, Jo Baker was educated at Oxford and now lives in Belfast.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William Heinemann Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0434009296
• ISBN 13: 9780434009299
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible