Robin Black präsentiert in ihrer Erzählungssammlung zehn Geschichten, die den Blick auf die Welt und die menschlichen Beziehungen verändern. Voller emotionaler Tiefe und Wärme thematisieren sie Liebe, Verlust und das Streben nach Verständnis. Black fängt die Essenz des Lebens ein und zeigt die Herausforderungen und Schönheiten des Daseins.
Shortlisted for the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, a beautiful debut collection from a writer with the warmth, reach and complexity of Alice Munro
From the author of If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This, Life Drawing is a fierce, honest and moving story of married life--its betrayals, intimacies, and secrets. Augusta and Owen have taken the leap. Leaving the city and its troubling memories behind, they have moved to the country for a solitary life where they can devote their days to each other and their art, where Augusta can paint and Owen can write. But the facts of a past betrayal prove harder to escape than urban life. Ancient jealousies and resentments haunt their marriage and their rural paradise. When Alison Hemmings moves into the empty house next door, Augusta is drawn out of isolation, despite her own qualms and Owen’s suspicions. As the new relationship deepens, the lives of the two households grow more and more tightly intertwined. It will take only one new arrival to intensify emotions to breaking point. Fierce, honest and astonishingly gripping, Life Drawing is a novel as beautiful and unsparing as the human heart..
Exploring the complexities of male desires, this book delves into both emotional and physical aspects of what men seek in relationships. It offers insights into their needs, fears, and aspirations, providing readers with a deeper understanding of male psychology. Through candid discussions and practical advice, the author aims to bridge the communication gap between genders, empowering women to foster more fulfilling connections with men. The blend of humor and honesty makes it an engaging read for anyone looking to enhance their romantic life.
"At fifty-nine, I am now the age Virginia Woolf was when she took that final, heavy-pocketed walk into The River Ouse. I am the age at which she killed herself, and I am not going to kill myself; but I was by no means always sure of that." Considered Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, Mrs. Dallowaytells the story of a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a high society woman in post World War I England. As she is preoccupied with the last-minute details of dinner party, Clarissa is flooded with remembrances of the past, in the process reexamining the choices she has made, as well as looking toward old age. Written in a stream of consciousness style, Mrs. Dalloway is one of the most important novels in literature. In this deeply personal volume, Robin Black writes about Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, a book she returned to again and again when she began writing at nearly forty and found herself gaining a sense of emotional stability for the first time in her life. For two decades, Mrs. Dalloway has been Black's partner in a crucial, ongoing conversation about writing and about the emotional life. Now, Black takes a deep dive into both the craft of the book, what a writer might learn from its mechanics, and also into the humanity to be found on every page.