Separation Anxiety
Autor Laura Zigmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 ian 2021
Descoperim în „Separation Anxiety” o confruntare mută între nevoia de apartenență și realitatea crudă a unei vieți care nu a urmat planul stabilit. Tensiunea centrală se naște din spațiul claustrofobic al unei case în care divorțul este imposibil din motive financiare, forțând-o pe Judy să împartă același acoperiș cu un soț de care s-a distanțat emoțional. Considerăm că forța acestui roman rezidă în onestitatea cu care Laura Zigman explorează sentimentul de invizibilitate: o carieră de scriitoare în declin, un fiu adolescent care o privește cu jenă și o obsesie online pentru un guru al stilului de viață care pare să aibă tot ce îi lipsește ei.
Stilul narativ este unul contemplativ, dar presărat cu un umor efervescent care amintește de Dog Crazy de Meg Donohue prin modul în care câinele devine un catalizator pentru vindecarea emoțională. Totuși, Separation Anxiety se diferențiază printr-o notă de absurditate tandră: gestul radical al protagonistei de a-și purta câinele într-un marsupiu vechi devine o metaforă vie pentru greutatea pe care o purtăm toți în perioadele de criză. Reținem finețea cu care Zigman poziționează această lucrare în continuarea preocupărilor sale din Her, rafinând explorarea legăturilor umane prin filtrul vulnerabilității domestice. Este o poveste despre „mizeria veselă” a vieții, unde tristețea și speranța coexistă în capitole scurte, pline de observații tăioase despre compromisurile pe care le facem pentru a supraviețui zilei de mâine.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1784165530
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 127 x 195 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Despre autor
Laura Zigman este o voce consacrată în beletristica americană, cunoscută pentru romanele sale care explorează cu umor și finețe psihologică dinamica relațiilor moderne, precum Animal Husbandry și Dating Big Bird. Cu o experiență de zece ani în industria editorială din New York, Zigman a contribuit constant cu eseuri și articole în publicații prestigioase precum New York Times și Washington Post. În lucrările sale, cum este și romanul Her, autoarea manifestă o aplecare deosebită spre modul în care detaliile cotidiene și prezența animalelor de companie influențează parcursul emoțional al personajelor sale, trăind în prezent lângă Boston.
Descriere scurtă
'Funny and charming' JUDY BLUME
'Wise and wonderful' ALICE HOFFMAN
'Written with such humour and heart' STYLIST
'A must read' RED
If you've ever wondered whether you love your dog more than your partner...
Life hasn't gone according to Judy's plan. Her career as a children's book author has taken a nose dive. Her teenage son Teddy treats her with a combination of embarrassment and indifference. She has 'separated' from her husband, Gary, who is living in the basement as they can't afford a divorce. And every day she has to write content for an uplifting self-help website while stalking her nemesis online - a creativity-lifestyle-coach guru with a social media following the size of Jupiter. All Judy wants is to not feel invisible. All she wants is to fill that space inside her. And when she decides to declutter the house, she hits on a radical solution...
Gleefully irreverent, tender, funny and uplifting, Separation Anxiety is a book filled with happiness and heart. A novel about the connections we make, the people we love and the joyful messiness of life.
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Praise for Separation Anxiety
'I adored this wise, funny, sad, quirky story...It's brilliant on the stories we tell ourselves and others in order to resist change, while beating ourselves up about not taking steps towards a happier future. Heartbreaking and life-affirming.' Daily Mail
'Separation Anxiety was exactly what I needed for a change of pace, funny and charming' - Judy Blume
'What a gem of a novel...It's laced with moments of self-doubt and marital mayhem, but also the many small daily acts of mercy and heroism that love inspires.' - Diane Ackerman
'I enjoyed Separation Anxiety very much... It has a real freshness of voice and though it is very poignant, several parts also made me laugh out loud' - Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us
'So sweetly funny, so very touching.' Sainsburys magazine
'My advice: Start reading and don't stop until you get to the last page of this wise and wonderful novel.' - Alice Hoffman
'[A] novel about stress, release, and the unlikely places we turn to for comfort in uncertain times' - Vogue
'Laura Zigman is able to home in on the most tender, revealing, exquisitely painful aspects of our relationships with others and with ourselves. And somehow she manages to come out the other end with hope.' - Chelsea Handler
'[Separation Anxiety] is compassionate and funny, articulating with gentle humor the terrible things that we're all grappling with. To steal a phrase from my daughter, it made me happy-cry.' - Laura Lippman
Recenzii
“A quirky novel that’s as hilarious as it is touching and wise.” — People
"[Separation Anxiety] imparts a life-affirming vigor... Judy is a natural comedian and Zigman has gifted her with a fiercely singular voice.... If the book nails life’s more challenging moments, it also captures an astonishing level of empathy." — Boston Globe
“You root for Zigman’s decent and vulnerable characters even while wanting to give them a good shake…. [Judy] is a familiar, self-deprecating, likable protagonist.” — New York Times Book Review
"[A] novel about stress, release, and the unlikely places we turn to for comfort in uncertain times." — Vogue
“A triumph of friendship and storytelling . . . Separation Anxiety confronts the stark plateau of middle age with humor and grace. It’s a book that transforms fractured domesticity into a more honest sense of community and selfhood with great wit and enormous heart. The catharsis it offers is both real and satisfying.” — New York Observer
"A world where motherhood, wifely duties, and career aspirations take hard twists and turns. With plenty of snark and a dash of humor, [Zigman] shows just how real the struggle bus is, perfect for readers who like a heroine with a messy life. — Booklist
"Deeply affecting." — Real Simple
"A hilarious yet thought-provoking exploration of the middle-aged limbo.... With wit and tenderness, Zigman explores life's most important relationships as they develop and change over time."
— Emma Straub on TODAY
"That’s Laura Zigman’s comic genius, that she can take the stuff of mid-life misery and make it not just relatable but downright funny." — Christian Science Monitor
“Every middle-aged woman who has ever felt invisible, lost or depressed will connect with some aspect of Judy’s life….Unpredictable and delightfully original. For those seeking a good laugh and a good cry, look no further than Separation Anxiety.” — BookPage
“I love Separation Anxiety.... Laura Zigman is an emotional sharp-shooter—she is able to home in on the most tender, revealing, exquisitely painful aspects of our relationships with others and with ourselves. And somehow she manages to come out the other end with hope, having found what was most meaningful after all. And by the way, I can totally relate to the desire to wear one’s dog. If I could, I would.” — Chelsea Handler
“Separation Anxiety is a hilarious, heart-breaking and thought-provoking portrait of a difficult marriage, as fierce as it is funny....[Zigman’s] sharp eye for contemporary life is a revelation....My advice: Start reading and don’t stop until you get to the last page of this wise and wonderful novel.” — Alice Hoffman
"What a gem of a novel. Separation Anxiety is wickedly funny, heartrending, poignantly wise, and hopeful. It's laced with moments of self-doubt and marital mayhem, but also the many small daily acts of mercy and heroism that love inspires, though we too often overlook them. The main character, Judy, is hilariously offbeat, yet very easy to identify with, honest and thoughtful, and I loved spending time with her." — Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife
“Sometimes a book finds its way to you and you just know instantly that this is the book you need now. That’s how I feel about Separation Anxiety. I think it’s the book everyone needs right now. It is compassionate and funny, articulating with gentle humor the terrible things that we’re all grappling with. To steal a phrase from my daughter, it made me happy-cry.” — Laura Lippman
“Separation Anxiety is as hilarious and painful as life itself. Laura Zigman’s latest novel takes on the (sometimes surreal) trials of middle age with wit and compassion—pitch-perfect, it’s a joy to read.” — Claire Messud, bestselling author of The Burning Girl and The Emperor’s Children
"In Separation Anxiety, Laura Zigman has given voice to the exquisite nuances of the struggles we all face in the course of our lives and at the same time leaves us feeling less alone and more hopeful. With striking humor, tender vulnerability, and pitch-perfect portraits of the complexities of our relationships, she's captured the human condition in a way I often don't see outside of the therapy room." — Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone