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'A tough, beautiful novel. - Guardian
About one womans fine, hard life at the racetrack, Kick the Latch with its ruthless concision and artful mysteries is lightning in a bottle.
Kathryn Scanlans Kick the Latch vividly captures the arc of one womans life at the racetrack the flat land and ramshackle backstretch; the bad feelings and friction; the winners circle and the racetrack bar; the fancy suits and fancy boots; and the particular language of grooms, jockeys, trainers, racing secretaries, stewards, pony people, hotwalkers, everybody with economy and integrity.
Based on transcribed interviews with Sonia, a horse trainer, the novel investigates form and authenticity in a feat of synthesis reminiscent of Charles Reznikoffs Testimony. As Scanlan puts it, I wanted to preserve amplify, exaggerate Sonias idiosyncratic speech, her bluntness, her flair as a storyteller. I arrived at what you could call a composite portrait of a self.
Whittled down with a fiercely singular artistry, Kick the Latch bangs out of the starting gate and carries the reader on a careening joyride around the inside track.
A revelation in its unadorned, unromantic, plain power. - Andrew McMillan
'A series of taut, electrifying vignettes . . . by turns exultant and brutal. - LA Review of Books
About one womans fine, hard life at the racetrack, Kick the Latch with its ruthless concision and artful mysteries is lightning in a bottle.
Kathryn Scanlans Kick the Latch vividly captures the arc of one womans life at the racetrack the flat land and ramshackle backstretch; the bad feelings and friction; the winners circle and the racetrack bar; the fancy suits and fancy boots; and the particular language of grooms, jockeys, trainers, racing secretaries, stewards, pony people, hotwalkers, everybody with economy and integrity.
Based on transcribed interviews with Sonia, a horse trainer, the novel investigates form and authenticity in a feat of synthesis reminiscent of Charles Reznikoffs Testimony. As Scanlan puts it, I wanted to preserve amplify, exaggerate Sonias idiosyncratic speech, her bluntness, her flair as a storyteller. I arrived at what you could call a composite portrait of a self.
Whittled down with a fiercely singular artistry, Kick the Latch bangs out of the starting gate and carries the reader on a careening joyride around the inside track.
A revelation in its unadorned, unromantic, plain power. - Andrew McMillan
'A series of taut, electrifying vignettes . . . by turns exultant and brutal. - LA Review of Books
FAKTA
| Författare: | Kathryn Scanlan |
| Titel: | Kick The Latch |
| Typ: | Bok |
| Kategori: | Böcker/Sport & Fritid/Sport, Motion & Friluftsliv |
| Releasedatum: | 2023-01-19 |
| Artikelnummer: | 771007 |
| Lagerstatus: | Beställningsvara Leveranstid: från 3 vardagar |
| EAN: | 9781914198250 |
| ISBN: | 1914198250 |
| Språk: | Engelska |
| Bandtyp: | |
| Mått(BxHxD): | 132x197x12 mm |
| Omfång: | 170 sidor |
| Vikt: | 210 gram |
| Titel: | Kick The Latch |
| Förlag: | Faber & Faber |
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