My Fellow Skin - Brossura

Mortier, Erwin

3,68

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Brossura

ISBN 10: 1782270191 ISBN 13: 9781782270195

Casa editrice: Pushkin Pr Ltd, 2014

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My Fellow Skin is a beautiful, affectionate novel told from the point of view of an impressionable young boy. The novel opens before the boy can talk, and we follow Anton’s first, tentative steps on the path to adulthood. He gradually begins to grasp an understanding of time and death, and when he goes to school he falls in love for the first time – not with the schoolgirls his peers are interested in, but with his classmate, Willem. A gentle, protective relationship develops between them, and this gives Anton his own, new identity, his ‘fellow skin’. But their love ends tragically, and Anton ultimately loses not only his love, but also his youth, the protection of his parents, and the old house in the village. He is left desolate.

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Recensione:

"Whether it's exploring the effects of collaboration during the Nazi occupation, the absences of loved ones or the vulnerable nature of male intimacy, the literature Mortier creates greets its readers warmly, and has in turn been met with numerous esteemed awards in Europe. . . . With tenderness and skill, Mortier crafts assured novels brimming with quiet optimism despite their often somber subjects. To have them now translated and available in the United States all at once is a generous treat." - Shelf Awareness on Marcel, My Fellow Skin and Shutterspeed

"This is a Bildungsroman which is related to much European literature from Proust and Mann onwards... peculiarly unforgettable." - A.S. Byatt, Guardian

"A sparkling novel with a thunderous effect [...] a Flemish song of truth and semblance." - Vrij Nederland

"Such an elegant pirouette sur place deserves high praise." - de Volkskrant

"Mortier again shows his mastery." - Trouw

L'autore:

Erwin Mortier My Fellow Skin (2000) and Shutterspeed (2002) and the novellaAll Days Together (2004) quickly established his reputation as one of the leading authors of his generation. ForWhile the Gods Were Sleeping (2008), a novel set against the backdrop of the First World War, he was awarded the prestigious AKO Literature Prize 2009. A consummate stylist, he offers evocative descriptions that bring past worlds brilliantly to life.

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