Three

Three
Joshua Cohen, Ann Quin
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 192pg
28 Sep 2020 UK
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9781911508847
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This enigmatic novel, from one of Britain' s most important writers of the post-war avant-garde, explores suicide, marriage and classThree opens with the disappearance at sea, possibly suicide, of a young woman, identified only as S. A middle-aged couple, Ruth and Leonard, had been spying on their young lodger in their summer house by the sea, and now begin to pore over her diary, her audio recordings and her movies - only to discover that she had been spying on them with even greater intensity. As this disturbing, highly charged act of reciprocal voyeurism comes to light, and as the couple' s fascination with S comes to dominate their already flawed marriage, what emerges is an absorbing portrait of their triangular relationship and of the emotional and sexual undercurrents of 1950s middle-class life.
Praise for Three----' The amount of wit and beauty Three finds in its own uncertainty makes it one of the most compelling novels of its time. ' Juliet Jacques, Music & Literature----' Exquisitely written from the first page to the last. ' The Scotsman----' An intriguing and successful novel, and remarkably contemporary in its stylistic sophistication. ' Brian Evenson----Praise for the Author----' I suspect that Ann Quin will eventually be viewed, alongside BS Johnson and Alexander Trocchi, as one of the few mid-century British novelists who actually, in the long term, matter. ' Tom McCarthy----' Quin' s militant refusal to compromise flavours her writing: you either take her on her own terms, or not at all. Richer and stranger than the satisfactions of mainstream fiction. ' Jonathan Coe----' Quin understood she was on to something new. ' Deborah Levy----' One of our greatest ever novelists. Ann Quin' s was a new British working-class voice that had not been heard before: it was artistic, modern, and - dare I say it - ultimately European. ' Lee Rourke----' Ann Quin is a master painter of interiors, of voices that mosaic as they catch the light at strange, stirring angles. ' Chloe Aridjis----' One of Britain' s most adventurous post-war writers. Psychologically dark and sexually daring. ' Juliet Jacques----' Quin works over a small area with the finest of tools. Every page, every word gives evidence of her care and workmanship. ' New York Times----' Quin' s prose never falters; it' s stunning. ' The Paris Review----' Despite ongoing rumours of a BS Johnson revival, I feel our attention could be more usefully directed towards Ann Quin. ' Stewart Home, in 69 Things to do with a Dead Princess----' The most naturally and delicately gifted novelist of her generation. ' The Scotsman----' Rare enough is a book that begins by stating its intention-rarer still one that proceeds to do seemingly everything it can to avoid following the path its intention has laid. ' Danielle Dutton----' Quin was a writer ahead of her time. ' Publishers Weekly ----' Vividly intense and almost palpably immediate. ' Irish Times----' Quin uses carefully crafted imagery to stimulate the reader' s subconscious. ' Booklist----' Quin tosses out hefty dashes of mordant humour and caustic wit. ' Library Journal
Ann Quin (1936-1973) was a working-class writer from Brighton, England. She was at the forefront of British experimentalism in the 1960s along with BS Johnson and Alan Burns. Prior to her death in 1973, she published four novels: Berg (1964), Three (1966), Passages (1969) and Tripticks (1972). A collection of short stories and the fragment of her last unfinished novel, The Unmapped Country (edited by Jennifer Hodgson), was published by And Other Stories to great acclaim in 2018. Quin' s novel Berg was republished by And Other Stories in 2019, followed by Three in 2020.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781911508847
Published: 28 Sep 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: And Other Stories
Publisher: And Other Stories
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 192

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