The Trick Is To Keep Breathing - Couverture souple

Galloway, Janice

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0749391731 ISBN 13 : 9780749391737

Editeur : Vintage, 1991

Synopsis

[ THE TRICK IS TO KEEP BREATHING BY GALLOWAY, JANICE](AUTHOR)PAPERBACK

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"A real achievement; its dialogue sparks and its voice is true. For Janice Galloway the trick is simply to keep writing" (Scotsman)

"This is like a Scottish Catcher in the Rye. You actually feel you’re inside this woman’s head, it is that visceral. And having experienced a downward spiral myself, I so admire her accuracy in every detail" (Alan Cumming New York Times)

"Claustrophobic but extraordinary" (Sunday Times)

"An account from the inside of a mind cracking up...its writing is as taut as a bowstring. From brilliant title to closing injunction, it hums with intelligence, clarity, wit; and, its heroine's struggle for order and meaning seduces our minds, exposes how close we all of us are to insanity. Joy, as Galloway's heroine reluctantly lets us know that she's called, is simply that dangerous step or two nearer the edge" (Listener)

"Distressing but immaculately written" (Observer)

Quatrième de couverture

'Resembles Tristram Shandy as rewritten by Sylvia Plath' New York Times Book Review

From the corner of a darkened room Joy Stone watches herself. As memories of the deaths of her lover and mother surface unbidden, life for Joy narrows – to negotiating each day, each encounter, each second; to finding the trick to keep living. Told with shattering clarity and wry wit, this is a Scottish classic fit for our time.

'Extraordinary' Sunday Times

See also: Morvern Callar

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0749391731
• ISBN 13: 9780749391737
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240