Slip of a Fish
Amy Arnold
Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
Ash collects words, climbs trees and swims in a deserted lake with her beloved seven-year-old, Charlie. Bemused by everyday life, she has a rich and singular interior world. Over the course of a relentlessly hot summer, Charlie begins to pull away, and in a desperate attempt to reconnect with her daughter Ash does something unforgivable. As the gulf between them grows, Ash's life begins to slip out of her hold. Winner of the 2018 Northern Book Prize, Slip of a Fish is a joyously artful and quietly devastating portrait of motherhood, loss and love, in all its kaleidoscopic complexity.
Kundenbewertungen
drama, Kjersti Skomvold, love, Ali Smith, loss, Véronique Olmi, trees, Northern Book Prize, loneliness, England, motherhood, contemporary fiction, summer, daughter, literary fiction, mother, lakes, women’s literary fiction, Jon Fosse