The Submission
(Sprache: Englisch)
Claire Harwell verlor bei den Anschlägen des 11. September ihren Mann. Nun 2 Jahre später, widmet sie sich mit anderen Hinterbliebenen dem Gedenken an die Opfer von damals und sitzt in einer Jury, die einen anonymen Wettbewerb zur Gestaltung eines Mahnmals...
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Claire Harwell verlor bei den Anschlägen des 11. September ihren Mann. Nun 2 Jahre später, widmet sie sich mit anderen Hinterbliebenen dem Gedenken an die Opfer von damals und sitzt in einer Jury, die einen anonymen Wettbewerb zur Gestaltung eines Mahnmals in Auftrag gegeben hat. Doch der Gewinner des Wettbewerbs stellt sich als gläubiger Moslem heraus, was die Öffentlichkeit und die Presse zu einem Sturm der Entrüstung veranlasst. Die Wunden von damals sind nicht verheilt und Claire muss sich mit der Frage auseinandersetzen, ob sie wirklich der Mensch geworden ist, der sie sein wollte.
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"A jury gathers in Manhattan to select a memorial for the victims of a devastating terrorist attack. Their fraught deliberations complete, the jurors open the envelope containing the anonymous winner's name-and discover he is an American Muslim. Instantly they are cast into roiling debate about the claims of grief, the ambiguities of art, and the meaning of Islam. Their conflicted response is only a preamble to the country's. The memorial's designer is an enigmatic, ambitious architect named Mohammad Khan. His fiercest defender on the jury is its sole widow, the self-possessed and mediagenic Claire Burwell. But when the news of his selection leaks to the press, she finds herself under pressure from outraged family members and in collision with hungry journalists, wary activists, opportunistic politicians, fellow jurors, and Khan himself-as unknowable as he is gifted. In the fight for both advantage and their ideals, all will bring the emotional weight of their own histories to bear on the urgent question of how to remember, and understand, a national tragedy. In this deeply humane novel, the breadth of Amy Waldman's cast of characters is matched by her startling ability to conjure their perspectives. A striking portrait of a fractured city striving to make itself whole, "The Submission" is a piercing and resonant novel by an important new talent."
Autoren-Porträt von Amy Waldman
Amy Waldman was co-chief of the South Asia bureau of The New York Times. Her fiction has appeared in The Atlantic and the Boston Review and is anthologized in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010. She lives with her family in Brooklyn. This is her first novel.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Amy Waldman
- 2012, 416 Seiten, Masse: 13,1 x 20,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Random House UK
- ISBN-10: 009952824X
- ISBN-13: 9780099528241
- Erscheinungsdatum: 05.07.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Exceptional debut ... a tale of complexity and tension...Waldman's prose is almost always pitch-perfect ... The characters are wholly realised and believable as individuals, but they also stand in for stories and conflicts that go beyond their own lives." -- Kamila Shamsie Guardian, Book of the Week "From this coup de theatre Waldman skilfully spins out an ever-widening cast list...This is a deeply thoughtful and moving account of the myriad ways in which, when the towers came down, the US psyche became a casualty too." -- Michael Prodger Financial Times "An absorbing, accomplished debut...an intelligent, satisfying read" Sunday Times "The novel is punctuated with darkly comic details ... compelling ...Elegantly written and tightly plotted... [this] novel, at once lucid, illuminating and entertaining is a necessary gift." -- Claire Messud New York Times Book Review "Panoramic in scope but thrillingly light on its feet ... A gripping, deeply intelligent novel" Marie Claire
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