Resumen
Clem returns to London with his faith in human nature shattered and his life derailed. Nothing-work, love, sex-can rouse his interest and no other outlook can restore his faith. The one person Clem is able to connect with is his sister, who has made her own sudden retreat from reality into the shadows of mental illness, and he finds some peace nursing her back to health in rural Somerset. Then news arrives that offers him the chance to confront the source of his nightmares.
In The Optimists, Miller explores the perilously thin line between self-delusion and optimism.
Primera línea
After the massacre at the church in N- Clem Glass flew home to London.
Descripción de contraportada
"Subtle, beautifully written . . . Miller's prose brings grace and lucidity to what is dark and baffling in Clem's predicament, the predicament of a caring man in an uncaring universe."--The Boston Globe
Clem is a successful photojournalist, firm in the belief that photographs could capture truth and beauty. Until he goes to Africa and witnesses the aftermath of a genocidal massacre. He returns to London with his faith in human nature shattered and his life derailed. Nothing--work, love, sex--can rouse his interest and no other outlook can restore his faith. The one person Clem is able to connect with is his sister, who has made her own sudden retreat from reality into the shadows of mental illness, and he finds some peace nursing her back to health in rural Somerset. Then news arrives that offers him the chance to confront the source of his nightmares.
This is a masterfully rendered novel that explores the perilously thin line between self-delusion and optimism.
Andrew Miller's first novel, Ingenious Pain, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the International IMPAC Award. He was short-listed for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award for his novel Oxygen. He lives in Brighton, England.
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Detalles
- Título The Optimists
- Autor Andrew Miller
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición First Edition
- Páginas 324
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Mariner Books, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación 2006-04-10
- ISBN 9780156030557 / 0156030551
- Peso 0.63 libras (0.29 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.02 x 5.32 x 0.91 pulgadas (20.37 x 13.51 x 2.31 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Brothers and sisters, Psychological fiction
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2004059795
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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