A cure for suicide a novel
***LONG-LISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD***From the author of Silence Once Begun, a beguiling new novel about a man starting over at the most basic level, and the strange woman who insinuates herself into his life and memory. A man and a woman have moved into a small house in a small village. The...
| Main Author: | Ball, Jesse, 1978- |
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| Format: | Downloads eBook Books eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2015.
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| Series: |
Vintage Contemporaries.
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
***LONG-LISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD***From the author of Silence Once Begun, a beguiling new novel about a man starting over at the most basic level, and the strange woman who insinuates herself into his life and memory. A man and a woman have moved into a small house in a small village. The woman is an "examiner," the man, her "claimant." The examiner is both doctor and guide, charged with teaching the claimant a series of simple functions: this is a chair, this is a fork, this is how you meet people. She makes notes in her journal about his progress: he is showing improvement yet his dreams are troubling. One day the examiner brings the claimant to a party, where he meets Hilda, a charismatic but volatile woman whose surprising assertions throw everything the claimant has learned into question. What is this village? Why is he here? And who is Hilda? A fascinating novel of love, illness, despair, and betrayal, A Cure for Suicide is the most captivating novel yet from one of our most audacious and original young writers. From the Hardcover edition. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource |
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| ISBN: |
9781101870136 |
| Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |