Solace: A Novel - Brossura

"Solace is an elegant, consuming and richly inspired novel. Like all good stories, it's a love story. It just so happens that it's also lovingly told. A superb debut. This one will last." (Colum McCann, National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin)

“Solace is a novel of quiet power, filled with moments of carefully-told truth. Belinda McKeon demonstrates a real wisdom in this book which will appeal to readers both young and old, and a command of style and structure which will make this a much-loved and a treasured book by readers everywhere.” (―Colm Toíbín, author of Brooklyn and Nora Webster)

“A story told with clear-eyed compassion and quiet intelligence about what it is to grow up and grow away, about the difference between 'here' and 'home'. Solace lives up to its title: this is a lovely debut.” (Anne Enright, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Gathering)

“Intensely controlled, this fine first novel brought to my mind the performance of a talented young dancer whose steps and movements are flawless.” (Ursula Le Guin The Guardian)

“A beautiful first novel...A remarkable new voice" (The Times (London))

"Conflicts over property infiltrate even the subplots of this artfully constructed novel, which the author, a playwright, unfurls in lush streams of consciousness." (The New Yorker)

"McKeon’s assured, astute debut novel worries this fault line between parent and adult child, taking measure of the chasms that keep either side from understanding the other — yet without patronizing either generation, or ignoring the love and comfort they take in each other... McKeon expertly sketches all the longing, excitement, and confusion at the beginning of a relationship... brilliantly evokes the gossipy, tribal nature of small farm towns, as well as the enduring tension between growing up and coming home." (Kate Tuttle Boston Globe)

"An excellent musing on families and relationships... strength lies in portraying the slow burn of kinship... hooks the reader with words unsaid; stolen glances; simmering anger—which hold the heaviness of a lifetime of buried emotion, but also of unconditional love... a warm and wise debut from a new literary talent." (The Economist)

Belinda McKeon, an award-winning playwright and journalist, is the author of two novels. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Guardian, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Rutgers University.