A remarkably lucid and authoritative novelist John Irving
Elisabeth Hyde Knihy
Elisabeth Hydeová se prosadila jako autorka šesti uznávaných románů, z nichž nejnovější získal ocenění Colorado Book Award v kategorii obecná fikce. Její tvorba, která se často dotýká složitých morálních dilemat a lidských vztahů, vyniká pronikavým vhledem do psychologie postav a vytříbeným vypravěčským stylem. Přestože ji právnické vzdělání a praxe u amerického ministerstva spravedlnosti formovaly, objevila v psaní fikce způsob, jak prozkoumávat konflikty a lidské osudy s větší vášní, a tento krok nikdy nelitovala. Její díla čtenáře vtahují do hloubky lidské zkušenosti a zanechávají silný dojem.
Crazy as Chocolate
- 176 stránek
- 7 hodin čtení
‘When I went off to college I started telling people that my mother died in a car crash’ Ellie and Izzy have lived a life with a mother they adored. Taking them for long midnight baths or dancing in the dark in the rain, she’s been a magical, colourful figure. Now, on the eve of her forty-first birthday, Izzy realises that she’s about to reach the year her mother never got beyond. Her father and sister are flying out for an emotionally charged weekend visit, and Izzy can’t help feeling that she’s still responsible, that there are apologies to be made. Surely now she’s at an age where a grown-up daughter can put things behind her? Like her bestselling novel The Abortionist’s Daughter, Crazy as Chocolate dwells on the fragile yet binding relationship between a mother and her daughters. It is an enchanting novel of an idyllic, wild childhood and of two girls who, in spite of everything, love the woman who gave them life.
The Abortionist's Daughter
- 285 stránek
- 10 hodin čtení
Nineteen-year-old university student, Megan Thompson is beautiful, cool, clever and sexy - the kind of girl boys fall in love with. She's mostly steered clear of family life since the death of her younger brother. That is until the day she hears her mother, Diana, has been found floating face down in their swimming pool.
