Nightjar: A stunning collection of stories from the prizewinning author, about the power of unexpected intuitions in ordinary lives - Hardcover

Ruskovich, Emily

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1784745596 ISBN 13: 9781784745592

Verlag: Chatto & Windus, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

'Exquisite short stories. They disturb, delight and linger long after finishing' LOUISE KENNEDY
'To read Emily Ruskovich is to unwrap a gift' PAULA HAWKINS

A stunning collection of stories that explore the rural landscape of the far Northwestern US, and how unexpected intuitions forever alter the lives of ordinary people, From the critically acclaimed, prizewinning author of Idaho

Four years after moving into the isolated house in rural Oregon where her husband lived as a child, the protagonist of 'Victor’s Room' begins to doubt her husband’s account of his family’s past. In 'Round Lake', a young woman’s plans to meet a lover in Tokyo are upended when she learns a startling truth about her mother’s death. In 'Owl', a fur trapper reckons with the dreadful origins of his marriage after his wife is brutally injured by four adolescent boys.

Haunting and psychologically provocative, and set against the vivid backdrop of the rural Northwestern US, Nightjar illuminates the secret, instinctive knowledge that lies just under the surface of our awareness.

Praise for Idaho

'Writing that has the cool sharpness of lemonade . . . Unflinching, unfrilly, multi-layered storytelling that is both beautiful and devastating' Rachel Joyce

'You're in masterly hands here... will remind many of the great Idaho novel, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping . . . wrenching and beautiful' New York Times Book Review

'Ruskovich's poetic, spare writing would be enough to compel on its own, but this extraordinary story of a violent event that decimates a young family in northern Idaho is the true engine here . . . enthrals from the outset' Lucy Clark, Guardian

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

EMILY RUSKOVICH's critically acclaimed first novel, Idaho, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and won the Dublin Literary Award. She is a winner of a 2015 O. Henry Award and a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, and her writing has appeared in publications including the Paris Review, the Guardian, the Atlantic, Zoetrope and One Story. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Montana, where she teaches fiction. She grew up in the Idaho panhandle, and lives in the mountains of western Montana with her husband and their three small children. Nightjar is her second book.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Chatto & Windus
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1784745596
• ISBN 13: 9781784745592
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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