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May We be Forgiven

by A.M. Homes
RM56.68 MYR
May We be Forgiven - Thryft
May We be Forgiven - Thryft

Darkly comic take on dysfunctional family life.

Recommended for readers who enjoy satirical family dramas with dark and twisted humor. Homes' savage scrutiny of contemporary America's quirks and idiosyncrasies will leave readers both amused and horrified. The novel's exploration of personal transformation amidst chaos and trauma adds depth to its otherwise humorous theme.

  • Green Carnation Prize Nominee (2013)
  • Women's Prize for Fiction (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

May We be Forgiven

by A.M. Homes
RM56.68 MYR
ISBN: 9781847083227
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM93.60 MYR
Authors: A.M. Homes
Publisher: Granta
Date of Publication: 2012-10-11
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Feminism
Goodreads rating: 3.67
(rated by 15901 readers)

Description

Harry is a Richard Nixon scholar who leads a quiet, regular life; his brother George is a high-flying TV producer, with a murderous temper. They have been uneasy rivals since childhood. Then one day George's loses control so extravagantly that he precipitates Harry into an entirely new life. In May We Be Forgiven, Homes gives us a darkly comic look at 21st-century domestic life — at individual lives spiraling out of control, bound together by family and history. The cast of characters experience adultery, accidents, divorce, and death. But it is also a savage and dizzyingly inventive satire on contemporary America, whose dark heart Homes penetrates like no other writer — the strange jargons of its language, its passive aggressive institutions, its inhabitants' desperate craving for intimacy and their pushing it away with litigation, technology, paranoia. At the novel's heart are the spaces in between, where the modern family comes together to re-form itself. May We Be Forgiven explores contemporary orphans losing and finding themselves anew; and it speaks above all to the power of personal transformation — simultaneously terrifying and inspiring.
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This is a well-read book, which means that the previous owner probably really enjoyed it! The cover and pages may include moderate foxing and annotations, but the text is not obscured and still readable. Moderate cosmetic defects and minor water damage may be present on the edges of the book. For paperbacks, there may be multiple crease marks on the spine.

*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

 

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Darkly comic take on dysfunctional family life.

Recommended for readers who enjoy satirical family dramas with dark and twisted humor. Homes' savage scrutiny of contemporary America's quirks and idiosyncrasies will leave readers both amused and horrified. The novel's exploration of personal transformation amidst chaos and trauma adds depth to its otherwise humorous theme.

  • Green Carnation Prize Nominee (2013)
  • Women's Prize for Fiction (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.