Description
'A sublime gift' MEG MASON A taut, ground-breaking new novel about a writer's relationship with her larger-than-life mother - and about the very nature of writing. Ten months after her mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book walks across London on a quiet Sunday. The city was a favourite of her mother's, and as the narrator wanders the streets, she finds herself recalling all that made her complicated mother extraordinary. Even though the woman, a writer, wants to respect her mother's nearly pathological sense of privacy, she must decide whether making a chronicle of this remarkable life constitutes an act of love or betrayal. * A New Yorker , Time , Washington Post , Oprah Daily and NPR Book of the Year * 'I absolutely loved it. A moving portrayal of daughterhood...suffused with warmth and love' MEGAN HUNTER, author of The Harpy 'Confirms McCracken as among the finest contemporary chroniclers of everyday life... wonderful' GUARDIAN 'Tender, funny, heartbreaking... a writer who always delights' RUMAAN ALAM, author of Leave the World Behind
| EAN: | 9781529919653 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 02.11.2023 |
| Autoren: | McCracken, Elizabeth |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 192 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Literary |
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| Fachschema: | Englische Belletristik / Kriminalroman~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Kriminalroman, Thriller~London / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Familienleben~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Tod, Trauer, Verlust~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Raumwahrnehmung |
| Imprint-Titels: | Vintage Books |
| Länge: | 194 mm |
| Breite: | 130 mm |
| Höhe: | 17 mm |