Jackie Kay
Trumpet
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When the love of your life dies, the problem is not that some part of you dies too, which it does, but that some part of you is still alive.The death of legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret unknown to all but his wife Millie. The discovery is most devastating for their adopted son, Colman, whose bewildered fury brings the press to the doorstep and sends his grieving mother to the sanctuary of a remote Scottish village.Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize, Trumpet is a starkly beautiful modern classic about the lengths to which people will go for love. It is a moving story of a shared life founded on an intricate…
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When the love of your life dies, the problem is not that some part of you dies too, which it does, but that some part of you is still alive.The death of legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret unknown to all but his wife Millie. The discovery is most devastating for their adopted son, Colman, whose bewildered fury brings the press to the doorstep and sends his grieving mother to the sanctuary of a remote Scottish village.Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize, Trumpet is a starkly beautiful modern classic about the lengths to which people will go for love. It is a moving story of a shared life founded on an intricate lie, of loving deception and lasting devotion, and of the intimate workings of the human heart. 'The voices in this tender, compassionate work were still singing in my head a couple of weeks after I'd finished it' Observer'Jackie Kay makes the unbelievable gloriously real. Trumpet is a love story and a lament, beautifully told' Time Out
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4472-8949-4
- EAN: 9781447289494
- Produktnummer: 18750983
- Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
- Masse: H19.7 cm x B13.0 cm x D2.0 cm 270 g
- Gewicht: 270
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
Über den Autor
Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh. She is a poet, novelist and writer of short stories and has enjoyed great acclaim for her work for both adults and children. She has published two collections of stories with Picador: Why Don't You Stop Talking and Wish I Was Here; a memoir, Red Dust Road; and a collection of poems, Fiere. She teaches at Newcastle University, and lives in Manchester.
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