A dazzlingly inventive novel about modern family, from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
The set up of Mark Haddon's brilliant new novel is simple: Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who sometimes seem alien to her. All eight arrive with low expectations for a pleasant holiday.
But because of Haddon's extraordinary narrative technique, the stories of these eight people are anything but simple. Told through the alternating viewpoints of each character, The Red Housebecomes a symphony of long-held grudges, fading dreams and rising hopes, tightly-guarded secrets and illicit desires, all adding up to a portrait of contemporary family life that is bittersweet, comic, and deeply felt.
The Red Houseis a literary tour-de-force that illuminates the puzzle of family in a profoundly empathetic manner--a novel sure to entrance the millions of readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
- Family Saga
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Author : Haddon, Mark
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2012-06-12
Number Of Pages : 272
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0385676921
ISBN-13 : 9780385676922
Item weight : 1.19 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 6.4 in x 9.3 in
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