Stories We Tell Our Children - Couverture souple

Nash, Marc

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1912436949 ISBN 13 : 9781912436941

Editeur : Lendal Press, 2021

Synopsis

How can children be the heroes of their own stories if they are raised by unreliable narrators? Blisteringly bleak yet witty and imbued with kind-hearted curiosity, Stories We Tell Our Children weaves a series of darkly inventive interlinked tales into a complex world where entitlement, estrangement and shirked responsibility leave indelible marks on young lives. Eight-year-old Rishi has no idea who he is or where his parents are. As he searches for clues to his own identity, he entertains himself with dangerous thoughts that undermine his chances of ever living a normal life. Stories We Tell Our Children explores how children learn to survive through the tales they are told. But can they thrive if they are raised by unreliable narrators using stories as a means of shirking responsibility and papering over the cracks of estrangement? Blisteringly bleak, witty and wildly erudite, this series of darkly inventive interlinked tales shows how our young are transformed by the words they are fed words that are often insubstantial and misleading, leaving them hungry for truth as they sift through the scraps left by those whose aim should be to nourish them.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stories We Tell Our Children is Marc Nashs sixth novel. His previous novel, Three Dreams in the Key of G, was deemed 'a truly unique book a tour de force of advanced literature' by The Guardian, and was shortlisted for the Not the Booker Prize in 2018. The experimental and critically British novel at its most innovative and animated. Comprised of 31 interlinked short stories, it collides literary aesthetics with contemporary British culture and attitudes, explores themes of embodiment, emancipation and play, and interrogates virulent social practices with unflinching vision. For fans of Jennifer Egans A Visit From The Goon Squad, Deborah Levys The Man Who Saw Everything, Denis Johnsons Jesus Son, Isabel Waidners We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff and Rosie Snajdrs A Hypocritical Reader. We must recognise the importance of clear and honest stories, dispute inaccurate and politically-motivated narratives, and understand the role this can play in saving lives and helping those in charge make the right decisions. This collection of interlinked short stories is a witty and tender take on the tiny fault lines and vast chasms that divide us, which start in the Stories We Tell Our Children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lendal Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1912436949
• ISBN 13: 9781912436941
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible