Kathy Page

Nominated for the 2014 Giller Prize The rubble of an ancient civilization. A village in a valley from which no one comes or goes. A forest of mother-trees, whispering to each other through their roots; a lakeside lighthouse where a girl slips into human skin as lightly as an otter into water; a desert settlement where there was no conflict, before she came; or the town of Wantwick, ruled by a soothsayer, where tourists lose everything they have. These are the places where things begin.&nbspNew from the author of The Story of My Face and Alphabet, Paradise & Elsewhere is a collection of dark fables at once familiar and entirely strange: join the Orange Prize-nominated Kathy Page as she notches a new path through the wild, lush, half-fantastic and half-real terrain of fairy tale and myth. Praise for Paradise & Elsewhere "Moody, shape-shifting, provocative and always as compelling as a strong light at the end of a road you hesitate to walk down... but will."-Amy Bloom"This vibrant, startlingly imaginative collection reminded me-as few collections have done in recent years-of both where stories come from, and why we need to tell them. &nbspKathy Page is a massive talent: &nbspwise, smart, very funny and very humane."-Barbara Gowdy Praise for Kathy Page "Marvellously well-crafted ... I can't remember the last time I was so compelled, impressed and unsettled."-Sarah Waters "One of our most daring writers ... If you don't know Page's work yet, she's a find."-Caroline Adderson "Softly painterly, sharply filmic or as murky as those first television images of the moon landing."- Times Literary Supplement

Paradise and Elsewhere

In Thatcher's Britain, barely out of his teens, highly intelligent but illiterate, Simon Austen is sent down for life. Charming, damaged, brutal, manipulative, Simon is a riddle no one can crack. He did it but he doesn't know why - or maybe doesn't want to know why. Or both ...

Alphabet

Dear Evelyn

Two of Us

Ze leren elkaar op een middag in een Londense bibliotheek kennen. Harry, een gevoelige natuur- en literatuurliefhebber, raakt gefascineerd door de wilskrachtige Evelyn. Ze blijven samen, in tijden van oorlog en tijden van vrede, en doen allebei hun uiterste best. Evelyn probeert van hun eigenwijze dochters fatsoenlijke vrouwen te maken en geniet van haar trips naar Europa, Harry doet er alles aan om zijn middenstandersdroom van een groot en licht huis met een ruime keuken waar te maken. Geluk is hard werken, en dat is vaak uitputtend en slopend. Maar hoewel het huwelijk standhoudt, blijkt het moeilijker elkaar na dertig, vijftig, zeventig jaar met een liefdevolle blik te bekijken. Kathy Page is een meester van de tussentonen en laat ons zien hoe de gevoelens van deze twee doodgewone mensen met de tijdgeest ver-anderen. Een huwelijk dat leest als een thriller, verteld in prachtige taal.

Al onze jaren

Natalie Baron is a neglected teenager adrift in the world when she attaches herself to Barbara Hern and her family, followers of Envallism, an extreme Protestant sect. Their new relationship fulfills unmet needs for both women—and leads to a devastating series of events that forever changes the course of their lives. Years later, Natalie, now a well-respected academic, travels to Finland in an attempt to understand the origins of Envallism as well as her own past. The Story of My Face is both a gripping psychological thriller and the archaeology of an accident which shaped a life.

The Story of My Face

Longlisted for the 2016 Giller Prize The stories in The Two of Us focus on pairs: intense one-on-one relationships and encounters. Characters undergo genetic testing, garden, overeat, starve themselves, consider suicide, travel, have their hair cut, fall pregnant, all while simultaneously driving each other towards moments where they – sometimes unwillingly — glimpse the meaning and shape of their lives, and who they might become.

The Two of Us

Aus einem langen, gemeinsam verbrachten Leben erzählt dieser Roman das Außergewöhnliche im Gewöhnlichen: die ungleiche Liebe zweier ungleicher Menschen. Mit dem Happy End geht es doch eigentlich erst los. Denn der Versuch, einen anderen Menschen glücklich zu machen, ist ein Unterfangen, für das ein ganzes Leben nicht ausreicht: vor allem wenn man beschäftigt ist mit der Erziehung dreier teils widerspenstiger Töchter, anstrengenden Eltern und nicht zuletzt mit dem Altern. Und so geht in dieser 70 Jahre währenden Ehe manches Geschirr zu Bruch – wofür die Versöhnung wiederum entschädigt. Harry Miles und Evelyn Hill lernen sich eines Nachmittags zu Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs in einer Londoner Bibliothek kennen, kurz bevor Harry eingezogen wird. Er, der sensible Literatur- und Naturliebhaber, ist von dieser willens- und meinungsstarken Frau fasziniert und wird es immer bleiben. Sie verbindet der Wunsch nach Aufstieg und einem besseren Leben, und so suchen sie die heile Welt in einer Idealfamilie mit einem hübsch eingerichteten Haus. Langsam aber müssen sie begreifen, dass sich auf diese Weise nicht alle Träume erfüllen. Mit zärtlichem und dennoch unerbittlichem Blick beschreibt Kathy Page das Zusammenspiel von Nähe und Distanz zwischen Evelyn und Harry – ein ganzes Liebesleben lang.

All unsere Jahre

Lynne Van Luven

Living is a process of continuous transformation: we have been embryos, children, adolescents, thin, fat, sick, better again. And as humans, we are always at odds with at least one part of our bodies. Have we inherited the family nose? Is there nothing to be done for our finicky stomach or our limp hair? In the Flesh is an intelligent, witty, and provocative look at how we think about—and live within—our bodies. The editors and writers in this collection describe, in many voices, what human bodies feel now. Each author's candid essay focuses on one part of the body, and explores its function, its meanings, and the role it has played in his or her life. Written from both the male and female perspectives, contributors include Caroline Adderson, André Alexis, Taiaiake Alfred, Brian Brett, Trevor Cole, Dede Crane, Lorna Crozier, Candace Fertile, Stephen Gauer, Julian Gunn, Heather Kuttai, Susan Olding, Kate Pullinger, Merilyn Simonds, Richard Steel, Madeleine Thien, Sue Thomas, and Margaret Thompson.

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