Black Lake: A Novel
Autor Johanna Laneen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 mai 2015
*Elisa Albert, author ofThe Book of Dahlia
The Campbells have lived happily at Dulough, an idyllic, rambling estate on the Irish coast, for generations. But upkeep has drained the family coffers. Faced with the heartbreaking possibility of having to sell, John Campbell makes a difficult decision; to keep Dulough he will turn the estate into a tourist attraction.
He and his wife, daughter and son move from the luxury of the big house to a caretaker's cottage. The upheaval strains the already tenuous threads that bind the family, and when a tragic accident befalls them, long-simmering resentments and unanswered yearnings are forced to the surface.
As each character is given a turn to speak, their voices tell a complex and fascinating story about what happens when the upstairs becomes the downstairs, and the legacy that remains when family secrets are revealed.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316228817
ISBN-10: 0316228818
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316228818
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
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Notă biografică
Johanna
Lanewas
born
in
Ireland,
studied
English
Literature
in
Scotland,
and
earned
her
MFA
at
Columbia
University.
She
teaches
writing
in
New
York
City.
Recenzii
"In
BLACK
LAKE
Johanna
Lane
accomplishes
the
nearly
miraculous:
she
paints
the
world
of
her
story
with
such
care
and
skill
that,
before
you
know
it,
it
will
feel
more
real
than
your
own.
And
you
won't
want
to
leave
it.
In
Lane's
hands
the
smallest
details
bloom
with
meaning,
the
quietest
moments
resonate
with
the
power
of
truth.
They
make
this
novel
big.
It
takes
on
the
largest
of
themes,
the
thunder-clap
moments
of
life,
wresting
from
them
a
wisdom
rare
in
any
writing,
and
simply
remarkable
in
a
debut.
Bit
by
gentle
bit,
this
beautiful
book
will
break
your
heart."—Josh
Weil,
author
ofThe
Great
Glass
Sea
"I cannot tell you how moved I was by BLACK LAKE..I turned the pages with such ease! It was so beautifully written. Again and again I was caught up by the precise but unpretentious prose. I believed this story because of the voice, the voices, the details, the familiar yet strange things of these people's lives ...Lane conveys without any mawkishness the loss of this lovely place in the lives of this family, and the loss in all our lives of a childhood place wherever and whatever it was..."—Sheila Kohler, author ofBecoming Jane Eyre
"Johanna Lane's lovely novel is jeweled with shrewd insights into childhood and the way people relate to habitation and place. It's a book to admire and immerse yourself in."—Amit Chaudhuri, author ofThe Immortals
In this beautiful portrait of a family faced with unbearable loss, Lane reveals, not only what slips between the cracks in everyday communication, but also the secret loves and longings we all harbor, even if we never allow our hearts to speak, or our minds to dwell upon, what we need to say and hear, in order to continue as whole and undamaged spirits...a very, very good novel."—John Burnside, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize
"A lush, beguiling beauty, like the Ireland of its setting. Novels like this one don't get written very often; when they do we remember why we love novels in the first place."—Elisa Albert, author ofThe Book of Dahlia
"Black Lakeis my favorite sort of book, a gripping story and a precise, insightful study of the inner lives and also daily lives of people to whom life has done its often brutal work. The setting, the circumstances, are odd and memorable. The emotions are recognizable, but no less memorable.Black Lake, quiet, deceptively simple, and deeply moving, will stay with me over time."—Robin Black, author ofLife Drawing
"A contemporary writer of great promise whose book reads like a classic, debut novelist Lane skillfully demonstrates how grief both erodes and reinforces the bonds of a family. Her subtle, crystalline style calls to mind the prose of Colm Tóibín; her narrative pacing is reminiscent of Kate Chopin's."—Library Journal(starred review)
"Sparkling... Lane describes the Campbells' world with such simple, intense prose that the reader feels the claustrophobia of the small cottage, the wonder of the sea, the rate and tension that permeates the home."—Bustle
"Quiet novels like Black Lake don't get much air-time, but it's worth cutting through the noise and losing yourself in this gently devastating read."—Harper's Bazaar(UK)
"Unsettling, impressively crafted, and bananas-insightful about marriage, family, and why we hide things from people we love."—BookRiot
"Black Lakebeautifully illuminates the gossamer filaments that bind a family to the land and to each other."
—Charlotte Rogan, New York Times bestselling author of The Lifeboat
"The intricacies of the Campbell family are fascinating, a stunningly accurate portrait of a quartet of people stuck together for a lifetime by no choice of their own, who deal with this turn of events through routine, familiarity, and lies--the same way we all do... But Lane's cold Irish pool of a novel is exactly the kind of place you want to visit again and again."—The Rumpus
"I cannot tell you how moved I was by BLACK LAKE..I turned the pages with such ease! It was so beautifully written. Again and again I was caught up by the precise but unpretentious prose. I believed this story because of the voice, the voices, the details, the familiar yet strange things of these people's lives ...Lane conveys without any mawkishness the loss of this lovely place in the lives of this family, and the loss in all our lives of a childhood place wherever and whatever it was..."—Sheila Kohler, author ofBecoming Jane Eyre
"Johanna Lane's lovely novel is jeweled with shrewd insights into childhood and the way people relate to habitation and place. It's a book to admire and immerse yourself in."—Amit Chaudhuri, author ofThe Immortals
In this beautiful portrait of a family faced with unbearable loss, Lane reveals, not only what slips between the cracks in everyday communication, but also the secret loves and longings we all harbor, even if we never allow our hearts to speak, or our minds to dwell upon, what we need to say and hear, in order to continue as whole and undamaged spirits...a very, very good novel."—John Burnside, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize
"A lush, beguiling beauty, like the Ireland of its setting. Novels like this one don't get written very often; when they do we remember why we love novels in the first place."—Elisa Albert, author ofThe Book of Dahlia
"Black Lakeis my favorite sort of book, a gripping story and a precise, insightful study of the inner lives and also daily lives of people to whom life has done its often brutal work. The setting, the circumstances, are odd and memorable. The emotions are recognizable, but no less memorable.Black Lake, quiet, deceptively simple, and deeply moving, will stay with me over time."—Robin Black, author ofLife Drawing
"A contemporary writer of great promise whose book reads like a classic, debut novelist Lane skillfully demonstrates how grief both erodes and reinforces the bonds of a family. Her subtle, crystalline style calls to mind the prose of Colm Tóibín; her narrative pacing is reminiscent of Kate Chopin's."—Library Journal(starred review)
"Sparkling... Lane describes the Campbells' world with such simple, intense prose that the reader feels the claustrophobia of the small cottage, the wonder of the sea, the rate and tension that permeates the home."—Bustle
"Quiet novels like Black Lake don't get much air-time, but it's worth cutting through the noise and losing yourself in this gently devastating read."—Harper's Bazaar(UK)
"Unsettling, impressively crafted, and bananas-insightful about marriage, family, and why we hide things from people we love."—BookRiot
"Black Lakebeautifully illuminates the gossamer filaments that bind a family to the land and to each other."
—Charlotte Rogan, New York Times bestselling author of The Lifeboat
"The intricacies of the Campbell family are fascinating, a stunningly accurate portrait of a quartet of people stuck together for a lifetime by no choice of their own, who deal with this turn of events through routine, familiarity, and lies--the same way we all do... But Lane's cold Irish pool of a novel is exactly the kind of place you want to visit again and again."—The Rumpus