Winter
Roman
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- 11,99 €
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- 11,99 €
Publisher Description
Winter – die kürzesten Tage, die längsten Nächte. Eine Jahreszeit, die uns das Überleben lehrt. Vier Leute, Fremde und Familie, verbringen Weihnachten in einem riesigen Haus in Cornwall, und doch stellt sich die Frage, ob jeder genug Platz findet. Denn Arthurs Mutter Sophia sieht Dinge, die nicht sein können. Arthur selbst sieht andere. Und da sind noch Iris, Sophias Schwester, ewige Rebellin, nach dreißig Jahren wieder zurück, und Lux, eine Fremde, die Arthur als seine Freundin ausgibt. Eine besondere Nacht, voll Streit und Lügen, Erinnerungen und Mythen. Eine besondere Zeit – unsere Zeit.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the solid second entry in Smith's seasonally themed quartet of novels (following Booker Prize-finalist Autumn), three estranged relatives and a charming stranger argue their way through Christmas in a manor house in the English countryside. After splitting up with his longtime girlfriend, Art, a copyright specialist turned nature blogger, decides to pay Lux, a girl he meets at a bus stop, to impersonate her during a visit to the home of his difficult mother, Sophia. Complicating matters is the arrival of Iris, Sophia's activist sister, whose presence dredges up painful memories for Art and Sophia. Interspersed between debates on Brexit, conservationism, and American politics are flashbacks to various episodes from Sophia and Iris's youth, including poignant scenes of Iris's nuclear disarmament protest and Sophia's first encounter with Art's absent father. Like Autumn, the novel employs a scattered, evocative plot and prose style, reflecting the fractured emotional, intellectual, and political states occupied by its contemporary characters. Though the approach misses more than it hits this time out, it's still an engaging novel due to the ecstatic energy of Smith's writing, which is always present on the page.
