Summary
What if our homes could tell the stories of others who lived there before us?
‘Sweeping, suspenseful, rich with surprises and eerie atmosphere’ - Jennifer Egan
‘Riveting … [the] stories, related in spare but evocative prose, offer fresh looks at human appetites - sex, love, money, art, culture - while exploring the ups and downs of childhood, family, friendship and aging … a compelling saga’ - Daily Mail
To those who have ventured past it over the year…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473684638 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473684633 |
| Author: | Jane Delury |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 352g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
A delicate fretwork of lives, relationships and secrets … Strikingly deft and nuanced; a writer to watch.
A delicate fretwork of lives, relationships and secrets … Strikingly deft and nuanced; a writer to watch. - Kirkus starred review
Jane Delury arrives on the scene of her debut with a sensibility fully formed and a breathtaking array of writerly gifts at her command.Riveting … [the] stories, related in spare but evocative prose, offer fresh looks at human appetites - sex, love, money, art, culture - while exploring the ups and downs of childhood, family, friendship and aging … a compelling saga - Daily MailThe prose is sharp, and the stories are instantly engaging. - People MagazineThe tensions between country-idyll expectations and dispiriting realities course throughout this shimmering debut novel, whose time-hopping narrative depicts the interconnected journeys of the estate’s sundry inhabitants from its 19th-century origins to the recent past. - The New York TimesJane Delury
Jane Delury grew up in Sacramento, California and attended UC Santa Cruz. She spent her junior year abroad in Grenoble, France, and she returned to the University of Grenoble after UCSC to complete a master’s degree and to teach English. Following several years in France, she moved to Baltimore to study fiction in the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars. Her short stories have appeared in Glimmer Train, The Southern Review, The Yale Review, Five Points, Narrative, and other publications. She has received a PEN/O. Henry Prize, a Pushcart Special Mention, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Story Award, a VCCA fellowship, and grants from the Maryland State Arts Council. She holds a BA in English and French literature from UCSC, a maitrise from the University of Grenoble, and an MA from the Writing Seminars. She is an associate professor of creative writing and English at the University of Baltimore, where she chairs the School of Communications Design.
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