Breakwater
(Sprache: Englisch)
A novel about a marriage torn apart by a violent secret for fans of Lauren Groff's Fates and Furies Emilia has it all: arewarding career as a statistician, a wonderful husband, two healthy young sons,and a house in the countryside. But when a brief moment...
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A novel about a marriage torn apart by a violent secret for fans of Lauren Groff's Fates and Furies Emilia has it all: arewarding career as a statistician, a wonderful husband, two healthy young sons,and a house in the countryside. But when a brief moment of panic triggers thememory of a traumatic experience from twelve years before, Emilia finds herselffloating away from her average existence. The secret she's kept for so longrefuses to stay hidden, and as Emilia's grip on reality loosens, heavy rainsbegin to fall and the river threatens to overflow the house. In this criticallyacclaimed novel, Schermer explores the impact of sexual violence, and whetheror not it's possible to truly know another person. Breakwater is a haunting examination of memory and trauma, writtenin prose stunning in its frankness and precision.
Autoren-Porträt von Marijke Schermer
MARIJKE SCHERMER Marijke Schermer is a novelist and playwright. Her stage work has been performed by several companies and translated into various languages. Her novel Breakwater was shortlisted for the ECI Literature Prize, has been sold to Spain, Switzerland, and Denmark, and is currently being made into a film. In 2019, her novel Love, If That's What It Is was published in Dutch (and subsequently in English by World Editions) and Schermer was hailed as "fast becoming one of the most interesting writers in the Netherlands." It was also shortlisted for the prestigious Libris Literature Prize 2020.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Marijke Schermer
- 2023, 192 Seiten, Masse: 6 x 16 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Übersetzer: Liz Waters
- Verlag: World Editions
- ISBN-10: 1912987503
- ISBN-13: 9781912987504
- Erscheinungsdatum: 08.06.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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