The Burning Book
- 304 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
Maggie Gee Knihy
1. január 1948
Maggie Gee píše v duchu širokej modernistickej tradície, pričom jej diela sa vyznačujú silným celkovým zmyslom pre štruktúru a význam. Jej tvorba sa vyznačuje politickým a sociálnym povedomím, satirickým pohľadom na súčasnú spoločnosť, ale zároveň láskavosťou k postavám a neironickým vnímaním krásy prírodného sveta. Gee sa zameriava na individuálne ľudské problémy, ako je rozpor medzi absolútnou nesebectosťou a sebectvom, a skúma vzťah ľudstva k prírode i živočíchom. Jej romány často skúmajú témy ako rasizmus, budúcnosť a vzťah ľudského druhu k okoliu.
A new novel from critically acclaimed British author Maggie Gee. A topical and deeply moving meditation on belonging, set in the near future, against a backdrop of migration pressures, climate change and an increasing isolationist mood in the UK.
Alfred White, a London park-keeper, rules his home with a mixture of ferocity and tenderness that has estranged his three children. When Alfred collapses on duty one day, they rush to be with him. His daughter's partner, Elroy, a black social-worker, is brought face to face with Alfred's younger son Dirk, who hates and fears all black people.
President Bliss is handling a tricky situation with customary brio, but after months of ceaseless rain the city is sinking under the floods. The rich are safe on high ground, but the poor are getting damper in their packed tower blocks, and the fanatical 'Last Days' sect is recruiting thousands ... husband Harold listens to jazz and their ditsy teenage daughter Lola fights capitalism by bunking off school. Shirley takes her twin boys to the zoo. The Government - eager to detract attention from a foreign war it has waged - announces a spectacular City Gala. But not even TV astrologer Davey Lucas can predict the extraordinary climax that ensues.
The British Council’s annual anthology of new writing showcases the best in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry from writers in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Commonwealth. This new selection has been chosen by the novelists Bernardine Evaristo ( The Emperor's Babe ) and Maggie Gee ( The White Family , shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction). The last volume included Kirsty Gunn, Michel Faber, Marina Warner, Romesh Gunesekera, Hermione Lee, and Esther Freud. As always, some of the best names in English writing are sure to be included?as well as the delight of the new.
