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A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss (People) from the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger s Wife and Inland
I marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obreht s prose. . . Read in the context of today s conflicts and injustices, climate emergencies, and political and racial divisions together more dystopian than any dystopian novel the book surprised me most with its undercurrent of hope. Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers, in The New York Times (Editors Choice)
A LIT HUB AND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
There s the world you can see. And then there s the one you can t. Welcome to the Morningside.
After being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at the Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in a place called Island City where Silvia s aunt Ena serves as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her new life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about their family s past, and because the once-vibrant city where she lives is now half-underwater. Silvia knows almost nothing about the place where she was born and spent her early years, nor does she fully understand why she and her mother had to leave. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to give the young girl glimpses into the folktales of her demolished homeland, a place of natural beauty and communal spirit that is lacking in Silvia s lonely and impoverished reality.
Enchanted by Ena s stories, Silvia begins seeing the world with magical possibilities and becomes obsessed with the mysterious older woman who lives in the penthouse of the Morningside. Bezi Duras is an enigma to everyone in the building: She has her own elevator entrance and leaves only to go out at night and walk her three massive hounds, often not returning until the early morning. Silvia s mission to unravel the truth about this woman s life, and her own haunted past, may end up costing her everything.
Startling, inventive, and profoundly moving, The Morningside is a novel about the stories we tell and the stories we refuse to tell to make sense of where we came from and who we hope we might become.
I marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obreht s prose. . . Read in the context of today s conflicts and injustices, climate emergencies, and political and racial divisions together more dystopian than any dystopian novel the book surprised me most with its undercurrent of hope. Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers, in The New York Times (Editors Choice)
A LIT HUB AND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
There s the world you can see. And then there s the one you can t. Welcome to the Morningside.
After being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at the Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in a place called Island City where Silvia s aunt Ena serves as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her new life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about their family s past, and because the once-vibrant city where she lives is now half-underwater. Silvia knows almost nothing about the place where she was born and spent her early years, nor does she fully understand why she and her mother had to leave. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to give the young girl glimpses into the folktales of her demolished homeland, a place of natural beauty and communal spirit that is lacking in Silvia s lonely and impoverished reality.
Enchanted by Ena s stories, Silvia begins seeing the world with magical possibilities and becomes obsessed with the mysterious older woman who lives in the penthouse of the Morningside. Bezi Duras is an enigma to everyone in the building: She has her own elevator entrance and leaves only to go out at night and walk her three massive hounds, often not returning until the early morning. Silvia s mission to unravel the truth about this woman s life, and her own haunted past, may end up costing her everything.
Startling, inventive, and profoundly moving, The Morningside is a novel about the stories we tell and the stories we refuse to tell to make sense of where we came from and who we hope we might become.
Produktdetails
Erscheinungsdatum
19. März 2024
Sprache
englisch
Auflage
International
Seitenanzahl
304
Autor/Autorin
Téa Obreht
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
kartoniert
Abbildungen
1 MAP
Gewicht
422 g
Größe (L/B/H)
210/140/18 mm
ISBN
9780593732694
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The dreamlike novel draws on elements of folklore and fairy tales for a narrative set eerily close to present day that explores environmental collapse and human resilience. Time
The textures of The Morningside a familiar city, a familiar crisis, a familiar complacency make this future feel closer, shot through with an almost excruciating intimacy. Here, storytelling is not a way of relating to a mythical past but of growing up in the long middest. The New Yorker
By weaving in folklore and ample wonder, Obreht gives her climate fiction ancient roots, forcing us to reckon with the ruined world that future generations will inherit, while reminding us that even in the face of catastrophe, there s solace to be found in art. The New York Times
A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss. People
A beautiful examination of displacement, identity, and the effects of unchecked political power, enriched with touches of magical realism and dystopia. Bustle
This touching and inventive novel follows a young woman searching for meaning and belonging, both through her loving aunt s stories and the enigmatic resident of the building s penthouse suite. Oprah Daily
An astounding rethink of the mother-daughter narrative. Real Simple
Try to read ten pages of this book and resist its fairy dust. . . . Obreht is a pure, natural storyteller with a direct hotline to the collective unconsciousness. Star Tribune
Obreht is such an expert and generous storyteller, infusing The Morningside with the pleasures of folklore and fairy tale while simultaneously diving deep into the silences and irreconcilable contradictions in the stories we inherit about the past. Karen Russell, author of Orange World and Other Stories
Imagine a Ballardian dystopia injected with a double dose of magic realism, so that the pages seem to glow. . . . An ideal novel in which all is invented and everything is true. I loved it. Ed Park, author of Same Bed Different Dreams
Fresh and immensely gripping, The Morningside is a rich saga of migration and the search for belonging, bravely imagining our capacity for survival and love in an uncertain future. . . . A stunning achievement. Claire Vaye Watkins, author of I Love You But I ve Chosen Darkness
The Morningside is like nothing I ve read at once playful and profound, harrowing and tender, a sparklingly original story of coming of age in a broken world. Karen Thompson Walker, author of The Dreamers
Obreht is offering a cautionary vision of what our future might look like, but she s also asking questions that are as old as storytelling. What do we want to tell ourselves about ourselves? What do we try to hide from ourselves? And what s the cost of our lives? Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A bewitchingly atmospheric, psychologically lush, and deeply knowing tale of ancient sorrows and coalescing crises, courage and fortitude. Booklist (starred review)
The textures of The Morningside a familiar city, a familiar crisis, a familiar complacency make this future feel closer, shot through with an almost excruciating intimacy. Here, storytelling is not a way of relating to a mythical past but of growing up in the long middest. The New Yorker
By weaving in folklore and ample wonder, Obreht gives her climate fiction ancient roots, forcing us to reckon with the ruined world that future generations will inherit, while reminding us that even in the face of catastrophe, there s solace to be found in art. The New York Times
A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss. People
A beautiful examination of displacement, identity, and the effects of unchecked political power, enriched with touches of magical realism and dystopia. Bustle
This touching and inventive novel follows a young woman searching for meaning and belonging, both through her loving aunt s stories and the enigmatic resident of the building s penthouse suite. Oprah Daily
An astounding rethink of the mother-daughter narrative. Real Simple
Try to read ten pages of this book and resist its fairy dust. . . . Obreht is a pure, natural storyteller with a direct hotline to the collective unconsciousness. Star Tribune
Obreht is such an expert and generous storyteller, infusing The Morningside with the pleasures of folklore and fairy tale while simultaneously diving deep into the silences and irreconcilable contradictions in the stories we inherit about the past. Karen Russell, author of Orange World and Other Stories
Imagine a Ballardian dystopia injected with a double dose of magic realism, so that the pages seem to glow. . . . An ideal novel in which all is invented and everything is true. I loved it. Ed Park, author of Same Bed Different Dreams
Fresh and immensely gripping, The Morningside is a rich saga of migration and the search for belonging, bravely imagining our capacity for survival and love in an uncertain future. . . . A stunning achievement. Claire Vaye Watkins, author of I Love You But I ve Chosen Darkness
The Morningside is like nothing I ve read at once playful and profound, harrowing and tender, a sparklingly original story of coming of age in a broken world. Karen Thompson Walker, author of The Dreamers
Obreht is offering a cautionary vision of what our future might look like, but she s also asking questions that are as old as storytelling. What do we want to tell ourselves about ourselves? What do we try to hide from ourselves? And what s the cost of our lives? Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A bewitchingly atmospheric, psychologically lush, and deeply knowing tale of ancient sorrows and coalescing crises, courage and fortitude. Booklist (starred review)
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