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AKIN

Donoghue, Emma

Εκδότης Picador , ISBN 9781529019988


From Emma Donoghue, the international bestselling author of Room comes Akin, a brilliant tale of love, loss and family. 'Poignant and hopeful, the bestselling novelist of Room has delivered another exquisite portrayal of an adult and child making their way in the world' - Woman & HomeA retired New York professor's life is thrown into chaos when he takes his great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother's wartime secrets. Noah is only days away from his first trip back to Nice since he was a child when a social worker calls looking for a temporary home for Michael, his eleven-year-old great-nephew.

Though he has never met the boy, he gets talked into taking him along to France. This odd couple, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, argue about everything from steak hache to screen time, and the trip is looking like a disaster. But as Michael's ease with tech and sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their family's past, both of them come to grasp the risks that people in all eras have run for their loved ones, and find they are more akin than they knew.

Written with all the tenderness and psychological intensity that made Room a huge bestseller, Akin is a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a boy who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one together.

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From Emma Donoghue, the international bestselling author of Room comes Akin, a brilliant tale of love, loss and family. 'Poignant and hopeful, the bestselling novelist of Room has delivered another exquisite portrayal of an adult and child making their way in the world' - Woman & HomeA retired New York professor's life is thrown into chaos when he takes his great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother's wartime secrets. Noah is only days away from his first trip back to Nice since he was a child when a social worker calls looking for a temporary home for Michael, his eleven-year-old great-nephew.

Though he has never met the boy, he gets talked into taking him along to France. This odd couple, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, argue about everything from steak hache to screen time, and the trip is looking like a disaster. But as Michael's ease with tech and sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their family's past, both of them come to grasp the risks that people in all eras have run for their loved ones, and find they are more akin than they knew.

Written with all the tenderness and psychological intensity that made Room a huge bestseller, Akin is a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a boy who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one together.

Πληροφορίες προϊόντος

  • Συγγραφέας Donoghue, Emma
  • Eκδότης Picador
  • ISBN 9781529019988
  • Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100072793
  • Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2020
  • Σελίδες 352
  • Διαστάσεις
  • Βάρος 350 gr

Donoghue, Emma

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Η Έμα Ντόναχιου γεννήθηκε στο Δουβλίνο το 1969 και είναι η μικρότερη σε μια οικογένεια με οχτώ παιδιά. Ο πατέρας της ήταν κριτικός λογοτεχνίας ενώ η ίδια πήρε με διάκριση το πτυχίο της στις τέχνες από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Δουβλίνου, ολοκληρώνοντας τις σπουδές της με διδακτορική διατριβή στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Κέιμπριτζ. Το 1998 μετακόμισε στον Καναδά και πήρε την καναδική υπηκοότητα το 2004. Σήμερα ζει στο Οντάριο με την οικογένειά της. Έχει γράψει οχτώ μυθιστορήματα, τα οποία έχουν λάβει διάφορες τιμητικές διακρίσεις και βραβεία. Επίσης, έχει γράψει θεατρικά έργα, συλλογές διηγημάτων, λογοτεχνικά δοκίμια κ.ά. Το μυθιστόρημα "Το δωμάτιο" έχει τιμηθεί με το Bραβείο Rogers Writers’ Trust και ήταν στη βραχεία λίστα του Bραβείου Booker το 2010.

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