Astonishing Splashes of Colour - Softcover

Morrall, Clare

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906994161 ISBN 13: 9781906994167

Verlag: Tindal Street, 2010

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The title comes from Peter Pan's description of Neverland - a magical leitmotif in what emerges as a moving novel about loss, and particularly lost children * Guardian * Full of surprises and winningly executed. There is a tenderness and tragedy that is like the work of Maggie O'Farrell * Telegraph * An extremely good first novel... a plot that drags you forward like a strong current * Daily Mail * Compulsively readable * Sunday Times *

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When is the right time to tell someone they're not who they think they are? Caught in an over-vivid world, Kitty is tipped off-centre by the loss of her 'child that never was'. And as children all around become emblems of hope and longing and grief, she's made shockingly aware of why she has this pervasive sense of non-existence . . .

What mystery makes Kitty's decidedly odd family so vague about her mother's life? And why does Dad splash paint on canvas rather than answer his daughter's questions? On the edges of her dreams Kitty glimpses the 'kaleidoscope van' that took her sister Dinah away - will it connect her to her childhood?

This compelling and witty debut tells of identity struggles in a large family, the sadness of lost children - and the optimism of an eccentric, loving marriage ('He'd make a wonderful husband if it wasn't for me'). Clare Morrall's insightful, naïf narrative has resonated with hundreds of thousands of readers since its Booker Prize shortlisting in 2003 and continues to make new fans each year.

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• Verlag: Tindal Street
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1906994161
• ISBN 13: 9781906994167
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336