Home Stretch
Autor Graham Nortonen Limba Engleză Hardback – oct 2020
La prima vedere, Home Stretch pare a fi cronica unei tragedii rurale previzibile — un accident auto care frânge destinele unor tineri în ajunul unei nunți. Însă, pe măsură ce avansăm în narațiune, descoperim că evenimentul din 1987 este doar catalizatorul unui studiu profund despre exilul interior și evoluția identității sub presiunea unei societăți care nu iartă. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Graham Norton refuză să rămână în spațiul sigur al dramei domestice, alegând să urmărească traiectoria lui Connor, șoferul supraviețuitor, de-a lungul deceniilor și continentelor. Suntem de părere că forța acestui text rezidă în contrastul dintre claustrofobia micii comunități irlandeze și libertatea anonimă a New York-ului, loc unde secretele pot fi îngropate, dar niciodată uitate. Stilul este unul nuanțat, amintind de The Secrets We Share de Emma Hannigan prin modul în care explorează legăturile de familie marcate de pierdere, dar se diferențiază printr-o perspectivă mai aspră, aproape clinică, asupra homofobiei și a modului în care rușinea se transmite între generații. Față de debutul său, Holding, unde accentul cădea pe misterul polițist, aici autorul prioritizează evoluția emoțională și schimbările culturale ale Irlandei moderne. Ritmul este unul așezat, oferind cititorului răgazul necesar pentru a procesa greutatea tăcerilor care definesc viața protagonistului, totul culminând cu o necesară și dureroasă confruntare cu trecutul.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1473665183
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: none
Dimensiuni: 164 x 223 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
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Recomandăm această carte celor care caută o poveste emoționantă despre puterea de a te reinventa după o traumă colectivă. Cititorul va câștiga o perspectivă onestă asupra emigrației irlandeze și a luptei pentru acceptare într-o lume dominată de prejudecăți. Este o lectură despre iertarea de sine și despre curajul de a te întoarce acasă, chiar și atunci când drumul este pavat cu regrete vechi de zeci de ani.
Despre autor
Graham Norton este un autor de succes, ale cărui romane au devenit constant bestselleruri în Marea Britanie și Irlanda. Recunoscut inițial pentru cariera sa în televiziune, unde este de cinci ori câștigător al premiului BAFTA, Norton s-a impus în literatura contemporană prin capacitatea sa de a portretiza viața în comunitățile mici. Opera sa include titluri precum Holding, A Keeper și Forever Home, multe dintre acestea fiind deja adaptate sau în curs de adaptare pentru televiziune. În lucrări precum Frankie sau The Swimmer, el continuă să exploreze temele sale predilecte: secretele de familie și complexitatea relațiilor umane.
Descriere
'Graham Norton's new novel has me in floods... His gift for characterisation is positively Binchy-esque! Such nuance and warmth! It's GORGEOUS' MARIAN KEYES
'Full of heart and humanity and I loved every single page. What a storyteller!' ELIZABETH DAY
'I loved HOME STRETCH ... one of those books that stays with you so long after you've finished it' NIGELLA LAWSON
'A subtle portrait of small-town Ireland; an unblinking study of shame & homophobia; a map of cultural shifts between 1980s & now; a kind, wise, perceptive novel by an author rich in these qualities.' DAVID MITCHELL
'Beautifully written. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy read. Utterly fantastic.' LIZ NUGENT
'Graham Norton's examination of small-town Irish lives continues in his deeply moving third novel. He is a magnificent writer.' JOHN BOYNE
'[Graham Norton is a] king of the page turners... A total triumph' ANNE GRIFFIN
Shame and longing can flow through generations, but the secrets of the heart will not be buried for ever.
It is 1987 and a small Irish community is preparing for a wedding. The day before the ceremony a group of young friends, including bride and groom, drive out to the beach. There is an accident. Three survive, but three are killed.
The lives of the families are shattered and the rifts between them are felt throughout the small town. Connor is one of the survivors. But staying among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as living with the shame of having been the driver. He leaves the only place he knows for another life, taking his secrets with him. Travelling first to Liverpool, then London, he makes a home - of sorts - for himself in New York. The city provides shelter and possibility for the displaced, somewhere Connor can forget his past and forge a new life.
But the secrets, the unspoken longings and regrets that have come to haunt those left behind will not be silenced. And before long, Connor will have to confront his past.
Graham Norton's powerful and timely novel of emigration and return demonstrates his keen understanding of the power of stigma and secrecy - with devastating results.
Notă biografică
Graham Norton is the author of five hugely successful novels, all of which have been bestsellers in the UK and Ireland and have won or been shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards. His writing has won him critical acclaim in media and from the literary community across the world. Graham's debut novel Holding was made into a high-profile TV drama in 2022, and Home Stretch and Forever Home have both been optioned for major TV series.
He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for The Graham Norton Show, which has been running for almost two decades, and is known internationally for commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest and as a recurring judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
Graham Norton is one of the UK's most treasured comedians and presenters. Born in Clondalkin, a suburb of Dublin, Norton's first big TV appearance was as Father Noel Furlong on Channel 4's Father Ted in the early 1990s. He then secured a prime time slot on Channel 4 with his chat shows So Graham Norton and V Graham Norton.
Known for his quick wit Graham began hosting a variety of talent shows on BBC One from Strictly Dance Fever and Andrew Lloyd Webber's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? to The Eurovision Song Contest and BAFTAs. Graham was soon approached by the BBC to front his own self-titled chat show The Graham Norton Show in 2007.
Graham Norton has won 9 BAFTAs for Best Entertainment Performance, and Best Entertainment Programme. He presents The Graham Norton Show on BBC1, a show on BBC Radio 2 every Saturday, and is a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Norton won the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards in 2017.
Graham's third novel will be published in hardback, eBook, and audiobook in October.
Recenzii
"A subtle portrait of small-town Ireland; an unblinking study of shame & homophobia; a map of cultural shifts between 1980s & now; a kind, wise, perceptive novel by an author rich in these qualities." — David Mitchell
"Intelligent and tenderly observed novel." — The Times (UK)
"He is a deftly skilled writer who has honed a prose style that suits his stories perfectly . . . traversing tragedy and humour with equal aplomb. . . . Home Stretch is a wonderful display." — Irish Times
"Norton’s third novel is a thoughtful examination of sexual identity, shame, and the impact of collective grief." — Observer
"Norton has all of her [Maeve Binchy’s] ability to write about sadness and cruelty, while investing his story with immense warmth. What right has such a successful entertainer to pen a novel as good as this?" — Mirror
"Norton’s best yet!" — Woman's Weekly
"Norton has a knack for capturing the sturdy, melancholic small-town Irish life where secrets are only revealed when they have to be, and even then in a controlled fashion. His characters come to vivid life, sweeping readers up in this quiet, affecting novel." — Booklist
"Graham Norton's new novel has me in floods... His gift for characterisation is positively Binchy-esque! Such nuance and warmth! It's GORGEOUS" — Marian Keyes
"I loved HOME STRETCH ... one of those books that stays with you so long after you've finished it" — Nigella Lawson
"Graham Norton's examination of small-town Irish lives continues in his deeply moving third novel. He is a magnificent writer." — John Boyne