Hello Friend We Missed You - Couverture souple

Roberts, Richard Owain

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1912681498 ISBN 13 : 9781912681495

Editeur : Parthian Books, 2020

Synopsis

Winner of Not the Booker 2020

'..this novel is so, soooo good.' - Niall Griffiths

HELLO FRIEND WE MISSED YOU is a deeply poignant and bleakly comic debut novel about loneliness, the '..violent revenge thriller..'; category on Netflix, solipsism, rural gentrification, Jack Black, and learning to exist in the least excruciating way possible. Its story of depression and death on the small Welsh island of Mon, of people armed with every social media completely failing to communicate, is far, far funnier than it has any right to be. It's also, ultimately, extremely moving. An incredible debut novel from a truly unique prose stylist. Following a man who returns to his childhood home to care for his dying father, this comedic and painful novel is an unexpected delight. Roberts consistently undercuts pretension and finds comedy in unexpected places. Such well-directed scorn prevents the book from ever feeling maudlin, but there's also enough genuine emotion and uncertainty to stop it feeling flippant. It's as poignant as it is pointed. The net result is a novel that has impressed me more than any other on our shortlist.

'I do believe we've found a gem.' - The Guardian, Not the Booker

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

An English Literature graduate of Manchester University and LJMU's Writing MA, Richard's debut short fiction collection, All The Places We Lived, was published by Parthian Books in 2015 and he is the subject of the forthcoming film ULTRA: a documentary covering the promotional tour for the collection's Serbian translation. Born and raised on Ynys Mon, Richard lives in Cardiff with his wife, daughters, and cat, Abi The God. He recently won the PENfro Short Story Prize 2019, judged by Niall Griffiths. HELLO FRIEND WE MISSED YOU is Richard's debut novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Parthian Books
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1912681498
• ISBN 13: 9781912681495
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible