Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is a story of coming-of-age at the end of a life. Utterly heart-breaking yet darkly funny, Maddie Mortimer’s debut is a symphonic journey through one woman’s body: a celebration of desire, forgiveness, and the darkness within us all.
Lia has only one child, Iris; her magical, awkward, endlessly creative daughter who has just entered the battleground of her teenage years. Lia and Iris have always been close, but there is a war playing out inside Lia’s body, too, and everything is about to change.
As she confronts what might be the end, memories of her own childhood and a passionate love affair come rushing into her present, unearthing buried secrets and her family’s deepest fears. But Lia still has hope . . . for more time, for more love, for more Iris.
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ПерейтиISBN: 9781529069389
Год издания: 2023
Возрастные ограничения: 16+
"... bracing ... The book is inspired by the experience of Mortimer's mother, who died of cancer in 2010, and the dynamics of this family under unthinkable strain are carefully rendered ... Though the plot occasionally borders on the melodramatic, Mortimer has produced a contemplative reflection on what it is to be perceived from behind 'walls of skin', whether actions have embodied consequences, and the incomprehensibility of suffering ... It may move between different styles and moods, but underpinning it all is the book's bursting energy and, in the face of death, its verve for life."
"... playful and surreal prose ... Using word placement, font, and shape to create images on the page, Mortimer deepens the reader's engagement with the story and characters ... Through breathtaking attention to detail, Mortimer crafts a stunning novel that touches on the expanses one life can contain."
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Книга, в которой два голоса.
Голос первый - болеющая женщина.
Голос второй - сама болезнь.
Давно я не читала ничего столь удручающего и пугающего.
Книга расскажет историю молодой женщины Лии. Расскажет о ее родителях, взрослении, первой любви, о ее второй любви, о ее материнстве. И о ее болезни.
А еще книга расскажет о том, как возникла одна клетка, как она проникала в органы молодой …
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