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Falling is Like Flying
Manon Uphoff
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Description for Falling is Like Flying
Hardback.
This is a story she never wanted to tell, but in the end she had no choice. When her older sister dies at the age of sixty-nine, it brings back a past the author thought she had left behind. Incensed, she delves back into her childhood, recreating the abusive world that she grew up in, ruled over by her tyrannical father, The Minotaur. In a narrative by turns shockingly dark and strangely beautiful, she retraces her path through the phantasmagorical labyrinth, bringing a tale of silent trauma to a triumphant, raucous conclusion. Falling is Like Flying is an extraordinary ... Read more
This is a story she never wanted to tell, but in the end she had no choice. When her older sister dies at the age of sixty-nine, it brings back a past the author thought she had left behind. Incensed, she delves back into her childhood, recreating the abusive world that she grew up in, ruled over by her tyrannical father, The Minotaur. In a narrative by turns shockingly dark and strangely beautiful, she retraces her path through the phantasmagorical labyrinth, bringing a tale of silent trauma to a triumphant, raucous conclusion. Falling is Like Flying is an extraordinary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782277033
SKU
9781782277033
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About Manon Uphoff
MANON UPHOFF was born in 1962 into a family of thirteen children. She left home at 16, went on to study literary theory, and is now an acclaimed artist and writer whose novels have been shortlisted for numerous prizes. Falling is Like Flying has been a literary phenomenon in the Netherlands, making 32 'Best of 2019' lists, being shortlisted for ... Read more
Reviews for Falling is Like Flying
'Uphoff does not mince her words: humans are like animals eternally tending to theirwounds. Her incredibly sensitive, almost alchemical style contains echoes of MargaretAtwood, Maggie Nelson and Sylvia Plath' - Humo 'Devastates by showing that what is most painful contains great beauty as well. Falling isLike Flying is like a richly coloured stained-glass window, a starry sky of stylisticinvention.' ... Read more