Make Believe - Couverture rigide

Scott, Joanna

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1860468853 ISBN 13 : 9781860468858

Editeur : Harvill Press, 2001

Synopsis

A series of chance events leads to two deaths; and a family left unable to cope with its loss. The novel explores the ways in which human beings use imagination to build barriers against the random nature of existence.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Because her black boyfriend Kamon Gilbert was killed in a city street before the birth of their child, Jenny Templin moved out of the city.

Because she lived so far away, she bought a car, and because she had a car she took a job. Because she had a job she gave her boy to his black grandparents to care for most of the time.

Because she worked so hard she liked to relax with a few drinks after work before she picked up the boy. And because she'd had too many drinks one night and because she was dead tired, her car spun on the road and rolled, leaving the boy orphaned at the age of three, with two sets of grandparents, one white and one black, each determined to raise the boy their own way.

Revue de presse :

"As is made dazzlingly clear in Make Believe, Joanna Scott has talent to burn" (Nick Hornby)

"Make Believe is gritty and tender... her energy, invention and versatility are dazzling" (Independent)

"A wonderful read, rich with unforgettable moments, powerful images and permeated with humanity" (Time Out)

"Joanna Scott is one of the really important contemporary voices... This is vital, passionate fiction about how we live our lives now" (Rick Moody)

"Scott's writing soars. It is elegant, rich and completely spellbinding" (Washington Post)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harvill Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1860468853
• ISBN 13: 9781860468858
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256