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Daddy
- Author
- Emma Cline
- Narrator
- Natasha Soudek
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 3 September 2020
- Run Time
- 7 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
The eagerly-awaited book by Emma Cline, author of the global phenomenon The Girls
The stories in Emma Cline's stunning first collection consider the dark corners of human experience, exploring the fault lines of power between men and women, parents and children, past and present. A man travels to his son's school to deal with the fallout of a violent attack and to make sure his son will not lose his college place. But what exactly has his son done? And who is to blame? A young woman trying to make it in LA, working in a clothes shop while taking acting classes, turns to a riskier way of making money but will be forced to confront the danger of the game she's playing. And a family coming together for Christmas struggle to skate over the lingering darkness caused by the very ordinary brutality of a troubled husband and father.
These outstanding stories examine masculinity, male power and broken relationships, while revealing - with astonishing insight and clarity - those moments of misunderstanding that can have life-changing consequences. And there is an unexpected violence, ever-present but unseen, in the depiction of the complicated interactions between men and women, and families. Subtle, sophisticated and displaying an extraordinary understanding of human behaviour, these stories are unforgettable.
'I don't know which is more amazing, Emma Cline's understanding of human beings or her mastery of language' Mark Haddon
© Emma Cline 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
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Cline is an astonishingly gifted stylist, but it is her piercing understanding of modern humiliation that makes these stories vibrate with life...brilliant
New York Times
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Fans of Cline will delight in the author's razor-sharp observations and penchant for storytelling
Evening Standard
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Cline is particularly good at locking in the witty detail that speaks volumes... These expertly constructed stories withhold key information... the pleasures here lie in an appreciation of Cline's skilful and absorbing craft
Sunday Times
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These stories live in the odd corners of the world, Cline's talent at uncovering the seedy and somehow bringing it to beautiful light is brilliant. These are understated gems
Daisy Johnson
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When I read Emma Cline I think of Mary Gaitskill's psychological acuity and of Joy Williams's sardonic gravitas. And yet something about Cline's intimate tone, her talent for conjuring the feeling of being alive, is entirely and uniquely her own
Rachel Kushner
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Cline is...adept at swirling little eddies of unease into motion... [In Daddy] the undercurrents of the unspoken, the unspeakable, carry you along
Observer
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Cline's approach is cool and crisp... there's a suggestive queasiness to these bleak, well-crafted tales
Daily Mail
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Crackles with the darkness inherent in everyday relationships. Examining everything from masculinity, male power and the small misunderstandings that can have life-changing consequences
Woman & Home
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Daddy is a stunning collection of stories that plunges deep into the dark corners of the human experience
Dazed Digital
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Details
- Author
- Emma Cline
- Narrator
- Natasha Soudek
- Duration
- 7 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 September 2020
- ISBN
- 9781473580794
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Short stories, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Gender studies, gender groups
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.The eagerly-awaited book by Emma Cline, author of the global phenomenon The GirlsThe stories in Emma Cline's stunning first collection consider the dark corners of human experience, exploring the fault lines of power between men and women, parents and children, past and present. A man travels to his son's school to deal with the fallout of a violent attack and to make sure his son will not lose his college place. But what exactly has his son done? And who is to blame? A young woman trying to make it in LA, working in a clothes shop while taking acting classes, turns to a riskier way of making money but will be forced to confront the danger of the game she's playing. And a family coming together for Christmas struggle to skate over the lingering darkness caused by the very ordinary brutality of a troubled husband and father.These outstanding stories examine masculinity, male power and broken relationships, while revealing - with astonishing insight and clarity - those moments of misunderstanding that can have life-changing consequences. And there is an unexpected violence, ever-present but unseen, in the depiction of the complicated interactions between men and women, and families. Subtle, sophisticated and displaying an extraordinary understanding of human behaviour, these stories are unforgettable.'I don't know which is more amazing, Emma Cline's understanding of human beings or her mastery of language' Mark Haddon© Emma Cline 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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