The brilliant second novel by a new US literary star.Caroline, 27, walks out of a marriage and into an old people's home where she meets cantankerous, lusty octogenarian Billy, who entrusts a secret to her. She goes from his deathbed to a wedding, where she is seduced by a beautiful man who tells her stories of her ex's antics back home. Bright, buoyant Bonnie, meanwhile, installs herself as Caroline's new best friend and accompanies her to a picnic that turns into a riot. When it is over, the world's altered: for Caroline is no longer herself - she must flee being Caroline. We follow her long flight through trauma, fakery and captivity to redemption.Jim Lewis's tale of how to measure love and its loss is a swooningly observant and atmospheric tale of rare resonance. Lewis writes about sex, ageing, identity and bereavement with such newness and rightness that his reader is struck dumb.
Autorentext
Klappentext
The brilliant second novel by a new US literary star.
Autorentext
Jim Lewis
Klappentext
The brilliant second novel by a new US literary star.
Titel
Why the Tree Loves the Axe
Autor
EAN
9780007390939
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
30.01.2014
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
0.23 MB
Anzahl Seiten
288
Features
Unterstützte Lesegerätegruppen: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
Laden...
Unerwartete Verzögerung
Ups, ein Fehler ist aufgetreten. Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal.