Book : The Colony A Novel - Magee, Audrey

-Titulo Original : The Colony A Novel

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Farrar, Straus And Giroux

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About the Author Audrey Magee is the author of The Undertaking, a novel short-listed for several prizes and honors, including the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Irish Book Award, and France’s Festival du premier roman. She lives in Wicklow, Ireland. LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEIn 1979, as violence erupts all over Ireland, two outsiders travel to a small island off the west coast in search of their own answers, despite what it may cost the islanders.It is the summer of 1979. An English painter travels to a small island off the west coast of Ireland. Mr. Lloyd takes the last leg by currach, though boats with engines are available and he doesn’t much like the sea. He wants the authentic experience, to be changed by this place, to let its quiet and light fill him, give him room to create. He doesn’t know that a Frenchman follows close behind. Jean-Pierre Masson has visited the island for many years, studying the language of those who make it their home. He is fiercely protective of their isolation, deems it essential to exploring his theories of language preservation and identity.But the people who live on this rock three miles long and half a mile wide have their own views on what is being recorded, what is being taken, and what ought to be given in return. Over the summer, each of them from great-grandmother Bean Ui Fhloinn, to widowed Mairead, to fifteen-year-old James, who is determined to avoid the life of a fisherman will wrestle with their values and desires. Meanwhile, all over Ireland, violence is erupting. And there is blame enough to go around.An expertly woven portrait of character and place, a stirring investigation into yearning to find one’s way, and an unflinchingly political critique of the long, seething cost of imperialism, Audrey Magee’s The Colony is a novel that transports, that celebrates beauty and connection, and that reckons with the inevitable ruptures of independence. Review Longlisted for the Booker PrizeA Finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction“The Colony is a novel of ideas . . . Magee builds her world with a rich particularity . . . [anchored] in the brutal political realities of Ireland during a fateful summer, while acting as a reminder of imperialism’s broader legacy around the world.” Kathryn Hughes, The New York Times Book Review“Fertile ground for exploring big ideas, widespread tensions and fatal consequences . . . A vivid, thought-provoking novel about language, art, colonialism and the Troubles.” Malcolm Forbes, Star Tribune“Like a fable, The Colony is sealed up tight, all possible meanings accounted for. And, like history itself, it has a bitter lesson to teach . . . It makes an ultimately satisfying shape in the mind, and creates a mood that lingers discomfitingly after the final page is turned.” Kevin Power, The Guardian“Luminous, lyrical and pungent.” Jonathan Myerson, The Observer“What a relief it is to find a novel that treats the reader as a grown-up, that is fresh without chasing literary fashion, provocative but not shouty, and idiosyncratic but fully satisfying from the strange comedy of its opening pages to its decisive conclusion . . . [The Colony] contains multitudes on families, on men and women, on rural communities with much of it just visible on the surface, like the flicker of a smile or a shark in the water.” John Self, The Times“[A] panorama of lyrical beauty, effort, and complex connection . . . A finely wrought, multilayered tale with the lucidity of a parable.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Lyrical and trenchant . . . It’s a delicate balance, and one the author pulls off brilliantly.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)“A compelling exploration of the intersection of the personal and the political.” Bryce Christensen, Booklist (starred review)“A breathtaking and poignant story about language, art, and cultural identity.” Olivia Rutligliano, CrimeReads “The Colony is a brilliant novel, a subtle and thoughtfu