Cousins
«A story of secrets, lies and history is elegantly handled... She lays bare the inner workings of one family, possibly every family, with an often disconcerting clarity»
The Times
Told through the eyes of three women close to Will, his sister, his grandmother and his aunt, Cousins takes us from the outbreak of the Second World War to the present day, exploring the recurrence of tragedy, the nature of transgression, and the limits of morality and love. Les mer
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Told through the eyes of three women close to Will, his sister, his grandmother and his aunt, Cousins takes us from the outbreak of the Second World War to the present day, exploring the recurrence of tragedy, the nature of transgression, and the limits of morality and love.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 416
- ISBN
- 9780241972298
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«A story of secrets, lies and history is elegantly handled... She lays bare the inner workings of one family, possibly every family, with an often disconcerting clarity»
The Times
«Utterly compelling... Cousins is a remarkable book about the strange tact and terrors of family life and the histories that haunt it»
Adam Phillips
«Vickers has a formidable knack for laying open the human heart... a layered family drama»
Sunday Times
«Each distinct voice in this complex pattern of relationships is presented with deep empathy and clarity, so that you feel a real three-dimensional quality in the characters. The most painful ethical dilemmas are laid out with compassion and without manipulation. A serious, mature book that is also compellingly enjoyable»
Rowan Williams
«A wonderful book. Salley Vickers spins a spellbinding account of a family in distress»
Elizabeth Strout
«This is a highly charged novel you'll find hard to put down...The novel raises important issues about motherhood and family connections, and examines the survivor's guilt felt by many of the characters that helps to drive the painful resolution»
Sunday Express
«Vickers ponders undercurrents that swirl down the ages...Vickers commitment to the realism required by fictional memoir...a fascinating exploration of the often equivocal and always cryptic nature of family love»
Guardian
«A psychologically acute case study»
Mail on Sunday
«A story of a family rocked by tragedy»
Daily Mail
«One of our best women writers...Cousins is a towering tale of three generations of the Tye family, spanning 70 years»
Reader's Digest
«Salley Vickers sees with a clear eye and writes with a light hand. She's a presence worth cherishing»
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«Beautifully and brilliantly controlled. A triumph»
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