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Now That You´re Back
A.L. Kennedy
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Description for Now That You´re Back
Paperback. Exposing and exploring the sinuous undercurrents of violence, anguish and love, this title examines the nature of the individual, both in isolation and society, as characters define and deny their chosen identities. It reveals the subversive liberation of impotence, and, the humour of discomfort as human beings chafe together. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Exposing and exploring the sinuous undercurrents of violence, anguish and love, A.L. Kennedy examines the nature of the individual, both in isolation and society, as characters define and deny their chosen identities. While showing us the unlikeliness of intimacy and the impossibility of communication, Kennedy also reveals the subversive liberation of impotence, the humour of discomfort as human beings chafe together, the crazed claustrophobia of the family adn the wildly funny results of an eccentricity unleashed.
Exposing and exploring the sinuous undercurrents of violence, anguish and love, A.L. Kennedy examines the nature of the individual, both in isolation and society, as characters define and deny their chosen identities. While showing us the unlikeliness of intimacy and the impossibility of communication, Kennedy also reveals the subversive liberation of impotence, the humour of discomfort as human beings chafe together, the crazed claustrophobia of the family adn the wildly funny results of an eccentricity unleashed.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099457114
SKU
V9780099457114
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99-2
About A.L. Kennedy
A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.
Reviews for Now That You´re Back
This woman is a profound writer
Richard Ford Kennedy has now proved that she is one of the few young writers to have found a distinctive voice, one that we could recognise even from a couple of sentences; and that in itself is already a considerable achievement
Jonathan Coe
Mail on Sunday
Powerful, acute and wholly ... Read more
Richard Ford Kennedy has now proved that she is one of the few young writers to have found a distinctive voice, one that we could recognise even from a couple of sentences; and that in itself is already a considerable achievement
Jonathan Coe
Mail on Sunday
Powerful, acute and wholly ... Read more