M. J. Hyland

This Is How (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

'A complete original . . . she aims straight for the truth and the heart'
Hilary Mantel

Patrick is a loner, an intelligent but unhappy young man struggling to find his place in the world. But, not long after he leaves home to begin a new life in a boarding house in a remote seaside town, he commits an act of violence and must face the awful and chilling consequences.

This is How is a compelling and unsettling journey into the dark side of human existence and a powerful meditation
on the nature of guilt and redemption.

'An expertly paced, gripping novel that doesn't falter and never compromises its emotional truth' The Times

'M.J. Hyland's prose is in for the kill' Metro

'Remarkable for its authenticity . . . there are moments of extreme tenderness that bring tears to your eyes' Irish Mail

'An eerie, commanding book . . . thrilling, moving and compassionate' New York Times

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847677723
• Artikelnr.: 38355857

Autorenporträt

M.J Hyland is an ex-lawyer and the author of three multi-award-winning novels: How the Light Gets In (2004), Carry Me Down (2006) and This is How (2009). Carry Me Down (2006) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won both the Hawthornden Prize and the Encore Award. M.J Hyland has twice been longlisted for the Orange Prize (2004 and 2009), the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (2004 and 2007) and This is How (2009) was also longlisted for the Dublin International IMPAC prize.

M.J Hyland is also a lecturer in Creative Writing in the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester where she runs fiction workshops, alongside Martin Amis (2007-2010), Colm Tóibín (2010-2011) and Jeanette Winterson (2013 - ). M.J Hyland also runs regular Fiction Masterclasses in the Guardian Masterclass Programme, and has twice been shortlisted for the BBC Short Story Prize (2011 and 2012). She also publishes in the Guardian 'How to Write' series, and has written nonfiction for the Financial Times, Granta, the New Yorker and elsewhere. M.J Hyland is also co-founder of the Hyland & Byrne Editing Firm (see - www.editingfirm & www.mjhyland.com)

Rezensionen

Darkly, sparsely, and with sustained intensity, Hyland constructs the montage of a killer . . . a dash of Camus's Meursault is added to the pathology . . . She writes intelligently about her subject's growing institutionalization, his bafflement growing into boredom then safety as Patrick gradually finds a kind of happiness inside . . . From within these shady borderlands Hyland has produced a memorable study. Toby Lichtig Times Literary Supplement