To Be a Man

To Be a Man
Nicole Krauss
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 240pg
8 Jul 2021 UK
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9781408871850
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Deftly weaving from one end of life to another - from ageing parents to newborn babies, from a young girl' s coming-of-age to an old woman' s unexpected delivery of a strange new second youth, from mystery and wonder at a life at its close or at a future waiting to unfold, Nicole Krauss' s stories illuminate the moments in the lives of women in which the forces of sex, power and violence collide. With sons and lovers, seducers and friends, husbands lost and regained, or husbands who were never husbands at all, how many men does can a woman' s lifetime hold? What does it mean to be a man and a woman together; or a man and a woman, once together and now apart? Beautiful, taut and dark, spinning across the world, from Switzerland, Japan and New York to Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and South America, To Be a Man delves with originality and timeliness into questions of masculinity and violence, regret and regeneration, control and desire; and shines a fierce, unwavering light onto men and women, and into the uncharted gulfs that lie between them.
Stunning. Intellectually and emotionally intelligent and immaculately written -- LOUISE KENNEDY Praise for Nicole Krauss: ' This is one of those novels that makes you miss your train stop, and I say that from experience. It' s a beautiful story about two very different but intertwined lives, and it' s told with depth, heart, and humour -- Kiley Reid Dazzling . . . Finds Krauss at the top of her game. Blazingly intelligent, elegantly written and a remarkable achievement -- Emily St John Mandel * Guardian * A richly layered masterpiece; creative, profound, insightful, deeply serious, effortlessly elegant, both human and humane. Krauss is a poet and a philosopher, and this latest work does what only the very best fiction can do - startles, challenges and enlightens the reader, while showing the familiar world anew . . . A pleasure and a privilege to read -- Francesca Segal * Financial Times * A complex and rewarding novel that will linger long after you' ve reached the final page * Stylist * Lucid and exhilarating . . . A great gift * New York Review of Books * A brilliant novel. I am full of admiration -- Philip Roth As original and impressive a work of fiction as I have encountered in years; a welcome reminder of how a novel can be defiantly and brilliantly novel * New Statesman * A meditation on loss and transformation and an investigation of the mysteries of art and literature and family -- Erica Wagner * Observer * Flawless . . . Forest Dark is accomplished, generous and unabashedly serious -- Cressida Connolly * Literary Review * She gives us a deft and mesmerising portrait of female midlife crisis and the desire to ground one' s self in the world . . . impossible to put down -- Sarah Hughes * Independent * A remarkable accomplishment * Times Literary Supplement * The sort of intelligent, serious novel seldom written nowadays. Those shards of gleaming insight are well worth gathering up * The Times *
Nicole Krauss is the author of the novels Forest Dark, Great House, The History of Love, and Man Walks Into a Room. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Harper' s Magazine, Esquire, and The Best American Short Stories, and her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. She is currently the inaugural writer in residence at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. nicolekrauss. com
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781408871850
Published: 8 Jul 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Weight: 172g
Pages: 240

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