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Catherine Chidgey

    Catherine Chidgey je uznávaná autorka románov a poviedok. Jej diela sa vyznačujú prenikavým vhľadom do ľudskej psychiky a majstrovským jazykom. Chidgey skúma zložité vzťahy a morálne dilemy s neochvejnou úprimnosťou. Jej písanie často odráža jemné nuansy medziľudských interakcií a vnútorné krajiny jej postáv.

    Catherine Chidgey
    In a Fishbone Church
    Pet
    Remote Sympathy: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022
    The Axeman's Carnival
    Remote Sympathy
    The Wish Child
    • A dazzling portrayal of humanity and the natural world that perfectly balances violence and humour.[Bokinfo].

      The Axeman's Carnival2024
      4,3
    • Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher, and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine’s sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of guilt takes a yet darker turn. Young as she is, Justine must decide where her loyalties lie.Set in New Zealand in 1984 and 2014, and probing themes of racism and misogyny, Pet is an elegant and chilling psychological thriller by the bestselling author of The Wish Child, Remote Sympathy and The Axeman’s Carnival.

      Pet2023
      4,1
    • Remote Sympathy

      • 528 stránok
      • 19 hodin čítania

      A moving story of entangled lives in Nazi Germany.

      Remote Sympathy2021
      4,3
    • The Wish Child

      • 384 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Siggi lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin, her father a censor who excises prohibited words (promise', love', `mercy'). Erich is an only child living a lush rural life, aware that he is shadowed by strange, unanswered questions. The days Siggi and Erich spend together will shape the rest of their lives.

      The Wish Child2017
      3,8
    • Dies ist eine wahre Geschichte

      Neuseeländische Autoren in Berlin. Eine Anthologie

      • 109 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania

      Neuseeländische Autoren in Berlin. Eine Anthologie mit Beiträgen von Catherine Chidgey, Nigel Cox, William Direen, Stevan Eldred-Grigg, James McNeish, Cilla McQueen, Sarah Quigley, Tina Shaw, Philip Temple, Hone Tuwhare. Aus dem neuseeländischen Englisch von Cornelia C. Walter. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes Wellington

      Dies ist eine wahre Geschichte2002
    • In a Fishbone Church

      • 272 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      When Clifford Stilton dies, his son Gene crams his carefully kept diaries into a hall cupboard. But Clifford's words have too much life in them to be ignored, and start to permeate his family's world. This book tells the story of three generations of the Stilton family.

      In a Fishbone Church1999
      3,0