Candia McWilliamová se ve své tvorbě zabývá složitostí lidských vztahů a tématy osamělosti a exilu. Její romány jsou často popisovány jako znepokojivé a pronikavé, zkoumající temnější zákoutí domácího života i mezilidských interakcí. McWilliamová vyniká svým osobitým stylistickým citem a schopností vykreslovat komplexní postavy, jejichž vnitřní světy rezonují s čtenáři.
Romance between the poet Novalis and his fiancée Sophie, newly introduced by Candia McWilliam. The year is 1794 and Fritz, passionate, idealistic and brilliant, is seeking his fathers permission to announce his engagement to his hearts desire: twelve-year-old Sophie. His astounded family and friends are amused and disturbed by his betrothal. What can he be thinking?
A story about being in love The Black Prince is also a remarkable intellectual thriller with a superbly involuted plot, and a meditation on the nature of art and love and the deity who rules over both. Bradley Pearson, its narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Encompassed by predatory friends and relations - his ex-wife, her delinquent brother and a younger, deplorably successful writer, Arnold Baffin, together with Baffin's restless wife and youthful daughter - Bradley attempts escape. His failure and its aftermath lead to a violent climax; and to a coda which casts a shifting perspective on all that has gone before.
The close relationship between American millionaire Adam Venuer and his daughter Maggie threatens their respective marriages
Novela Nejlepší léta slečny Jean Brodieové je považována za autorčino nejvýznamnější dílo. Dějovou linku tvoří příběh skupiny studentek dívčí školy, které si jejich zvláště osobitá učitelka „vyvolí“ za své stoupenkyně a snaží se jim během období, jež považuje pro sebe i pro ně za přelomové, vtisknout postoje, jež považuje za určující pro důstojný život. Kniha ale především zachycuje zvláštní ambivalenci vztahu mezi dívkami na prahu dospělosti a jejich sebevědomou „vůdkyní“, jejíž ambivalentní a těžko posuzovatelná povaha se vynořuje ze souhry různých hledisek, očekávání a vzpomínek.
La Scozia sta attraversando in questi anni una fase di risveglio politico e culturale che si manifesta attraverso una notevole fioritura letteraria. Scrive a tale proposito Paola Splendore, curatrice di questa antologia, che "analogamente a quanto accade in Irlanda, anche se con minore visibilità, i narratori esprimono oggi l'esigenza di "parlare" con una voce autenticamente scozzese, di dar voce a una diversità spesso marginalizzata rispetto all'egemonia culturale scozzese". I racconti sono scelti tra le opere di Muriel Spark, A. L. Kennedy, Sylvia Pearson, Agnes Owens, Janice Galloway, Shena Mackay.
This is the story of six characters sailing a yacht from Tahiti to New Zealand. Three of them are Scottish, and as they sail from island to island, each colonised in its different way, the small northern country that has formed them exerts its own magnetic pull.
The arrival of a nanny for the son of Daisy and Solomon begins this subtle novel of domestic horror. Daisy's existence is soon to become the nightmare of a woman who allows herself to be pushed to the limit, even when that means the loss of her home, her husband, her children and even her life.
A collection of short stories by young British writers, this provides an introduction to the work of Iain Banks, Peter Benson, H.S. Bhabra, James Buchan, Patricia Ferguson, Ronald Frame, Patrick Gale, Carlo Gebler, James Lasdun, Deborah Levy, Adam Lively, Aidan Mathews, Candia McWilliam, Geoff Nicholson, Tim Parks, Philip Ridley, Joan Smith, Rupert Thomson, Daisy Waugh and Mathew Yorke. Many of these have already received critical acclaim. The collection is introduced by Graham Swift, author of "Waterland" and "Out of this World".