Summary
From one of America’s most acclaimed writers, an elegant and biting portrait of a marriage and a woman consumed by secrecy and jealousy.
An unnamed narrator lives with her new husband, his two teenagers, and the unwelcome presence of his first wife - known only as “she.” Obsessed with her, the second wife narrator moves through her days presided over by the all-too-real ghost of the first marriage, fantasizing about how the first wife lives her life. Will the narrator ever equal the f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925498899 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925498891 |
| Author: | Lily Tuck |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 381g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm |
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Critics Review
‘Tuck’s prose is elegant.’
‘Tuck’s prose is elegant.’ * New York Times Book Review *
‘A spare and compelling novel in fragments…Its prose is clean and crisp, as tantalisingly minimalist as her apartment.’
* Saturday Paper *
‘An artfully crafted still life of one couple’s marriage.’ * Boston Globe on I Married You for Happiness *
‘In her signature crisp, exacting prose, Tuck’s seventh novel haunts the territory of marital jealousy with delicacy and finesse.’ * Kirkus Reviews *
‘With her signature clipped and measured prose, National Book Award winner Tuck’s new novel is elegant, raw, and powerful.’ * Kirkus reviews, starred review *
‘Sisters slices straight to the heart of a marriage burdened by infidelity and obsession. It’s powerful and insightful, recounted in an elegantly wistful style that makes the sudden climax all the more impactful. Plenty of style, and despite its slimness, a lot of substance.’ * Written by Sime *
‘A slow unravelling … Unsettling.’ – Age
‘A short yet sharp book … As far as quick, nuanced reads go about marriage, jealousy and love, this seems unsurpassed and quite simply, lovely.’ – AU Review
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‘Weaving together a multitude of literary references, delicate symbolism and inner monologue, Sisters is a well-executed exploration into the complexities of relationships and of how to live with unbearable imperfection.’
* Culture Trip *‘It took me a mere ninety minutes to read Lily Tuck’s Sisters which might lead you to think it’s a slight, inconsequential piece of fiction, but that’s far from the case. A sharp psychological study of obsession with a neat sting in its tail, it’s completely riveting.’ * A Life in Books *
‘Tuck’s latest work is understated, seemingly simplistic, but full of innuendo, of the complexities of human relationships.’ * Otago Daily Times *
About The Author
Lily Tuck
Lily Tuck is the author of six novels- The Double Life of Liliane; I Married You for Happiness; Interviewing Matisse or the Woman Who Died Standing Up; The Woman Who Walked on Water; Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man, nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award; The News From Paraguay, winner of the National Book Award; the short-story collections The House at Belle Fontaine and Limbo, and Other Places I Have Lived; and the biography Woman of Rome- A Life of Elsa Morante.
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