Falling is like flying / Manon Uphoff ; translated by Sam Garrett.

Nā:

Uphoff, Manon, 1962- [author.]

Kaituhi:

Garrett, Sam [translator.]

Momo rauemi: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781782277033

Uniform titles:

Vallen is als vliegen. English.

Ngā marau:

Genre/Form:

Autobiographical fiction.

DDC classification:

839.3137 23/eng/20210922

Summary: The darkly beautiful autobiographical story of a childhood spent in the shadow of a domineering, abusive father. This is a story she never wanted to tell but in the end she had no choice. When her older sister dies at the age of sixty-nine, it brings back a past the author thought she had left behind. Incensed, she delves back into her childhood, recreating the abusive world that she grew up in, ruled over by her tyrannical father The Minotaur. In a narrative by turns shockingly dark and strangely beautiful, she retraces her path through the phantasmagorical labyrinth, bringing a tale of silent trauma to a triumphant, raucous conclusion. Falling is Like Flying is an extraordinary autobiographical story of abuse and resilience, a literary triumph that reminds us what language is capable of.

Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.

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First published as 'Vallen is als vliegen'. Amsterdam : Querido, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.

The darkly beautiful autobiographical story of a childhood spent in the shadow of a domineering, abusive father. This is a story she never wanted to tell but in the end she had no choice. When her older sister dies at the age of sixty-nine, it brings back a past the author thought she had left behind. Incensed, she delves back into her childhood, recreating the abusive world that she grew up in, ruled over by her tyrannical father The Minotaur. In a narrative by turns shockingly dark and strangely beautiful, she retraces her path through the phantasmagorical labyrinth, bringing a tale of silent trauma to a triumphant, raucous conclusion. Falling is Like Flying is an extraordinary autobiographical story of abuse and resilience, a literary triumph that reminds us what language is capable of.

Translated from the Dutch.

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