Used book Another World by Pat Barker is
about
the power of old wounds to leak into the present. The interlinked plots of her
novel press the point home: our central narrator is Nick, a well-meaning
Newcastle teacher. But much of the novel centres on his grandfather, Geordie,
who is deeply disturbed by his memories of the trenches, where he thinks he
killed his own brother. Then there is the Victorian ghost that flits through
Nick's house, which turns out to be the apparition of a young girl who was once
suspected of killing her brother. And there is Nick's stepson, Gareth, who, in
a reprise of all these past traumas, becomes inexplicably aggressive towards
his baby brother.
Plagued by nightmarish
memories of the trenches where he saw his brother die, Nick's grandfather
Gordie lays dying as Nick struggles to keep the peace in his increasingly
fractious home. As Nick's suburban family loses control over their world, Nick
begins to learn his grandfather's buried secrets and comes to understand the
power of old wounds to leak into the present.
As a study of the power of
memory and loss, this novel conveys with extraordinary intensity the ways in
which the violent past returns to haunt and distort the present.
Novel ini pertama kali
diterbitkan di Inggris oleh Viking U.K. Di Amerika Serikat, penerbit pertamanya
adalah Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Ficador, New York, Amerika Serikat
menerbitkannya pertama kali pada Desember 2000. Buku bekas yang kami jual ini
merupakan cetakan pertama Ficador tersebut.
Judul: Another World
Penulis: Pat Barker
Bahasa: Inggris
Kulit Muka: Soft Cover
Tebal: ix + 278 Halaman
Dimensi: 14 x 21 Cm
Penerbit: Ficador, New York
Tahun: Cetakan Pertama, 2000
Kondisi: Cukup Bagus (Cover
agak lusuh. Stempel dan tulisan tangan di halaman i dan iii. Kertas
kecokelatan.)
Harga: Rp61.000
Stok: 1
Semua buku yang kami jual
merupakan buku original, termasuk buku ini.
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