Bernard and Pat

Bernard and Pat
Blair James
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NZ$ 37.99
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Hardback
h202 x 130mm - 160pg
4 Feb 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781472155269
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I suppose that these are the horses from which we are thrown. We see things as we are, not as they are. How do we best see? With eyes old or new? How well do we rise after falling? Catherine is small and everyone else is big. The world has lots of rules which she cannot keep up with, and lots of things happen that just don' t feel right. With Dad gone and Mum at work, Catherine spends her days with Bernard and Pat. These are days that she will never forget but never quite remember, either. Bernard and Pat is a tour-de-force, a novel deeply aware of the peculiarities of memory and the vulnerability of childhood. Catherine' s voice is unforgettable.
Bernard And Pat is an exquisitely crafted, beautiful little book, which asks startlingly brave questions about how the past invades our present and makes us who we are. -- Elanor Dymott, author of Slack-Tide Bernard and Pat is terrifyingly immersive and brilliant, it reminded me of Nabokov, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing and Barbara Comyns -- Camilla Grudova, author of The Doll' s Factory Bernard & Pat by Manchester-based author Blair James, is the story of an adult Caty, reliving her experiences, in her childhood voice, with her childminders, Bernard and Pat. It' s a book with a persistent power and writing you won' t be able to get out of your head. The present and past in the book are locked in a kind of battle that seems unshakeable * Grazia *
Blair James (b. 1992) is a writer and Interdisciplinary Researcher interested in Creative Writing, Neuroscience, and Psychology, based in Manchester. BERNARD AND PAT is James' s debut novel.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781472155269
Published: 4 Feb 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Corsair
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Hardback
Height: 202mm
Width: 130mm
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 220g
Pages: 160

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