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Taschenbuch von Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
Sprache: Englisch

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'A really beautiful book about obsession, longing and science' RAVEN LEILANI
'Wise, funny, suspenseful' JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER
'Sardonic and strange ... With its dark humour and loopy lyricism, it bewitches' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Reads like a botanist's cross-breeding of The Secret History and Department of Speculation' EMMA STRAUB

Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in Biological Science, is exploring the fine line between poison and antidote, working alone to set a speed record for the detoxification of poisonous plants. Her mentor, Dr. Joan Kallas, is the hero of Nell's heart. Nell frequently finds herself standing in the doorway to Joan's office despite herself, mesmerized by Joan's elegance, success, and spiritual force.

Surrounded by Nell's ex, her best friend, her best friend's boyfriend, and Joan's buffoonish husband, the two scientists are tangled together at the center of a web of illicit relationships, grudges, and obsessions. All six are burdened by desire and ambition, and as they collide on the university campus, their attractions set in motion a domino effect of affairs and heartbreak.

Meanwhile, Nell slowly fills her empty apartment with poisonous plants to study, and she begins to keep a series of notebooks, all dedicated to Joan. She logs her research and how she spends her days, but the notebooks ultimately become a painstaking map of love. In a dazzling and unforgettable voice, Rebecca Dinerstein Knight has written a spellbinding novel of emotional and intellectual intensity.
'A really beautiful book about obsession, longing and science' RAVEN LEILANI
'Wise, funny, suspenseful' JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER
'Sardonic and strange ... With its dark humour and loopy lyricism, it bewitches' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Reads like a botanist's cross-breeding of The Secret History and Department of Speculation' EMMA STRAUB

Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in Biological Science, is exploring the fine line between poison and antidote, working alone to set a speed record for the detoxification of poisonous plants. Her mentor, Dr. Joan Kallas, is the hero of Nell's heart. Nell frequently finds herself standing in the doorway to Joan's office despite herself, mesmerized by Joan's elegance, success, and spiritual force.

Surrounded by Nell's ex, her best friend, her best friend's boyfriend, and Joan's buffoonish husband, the two scientists are tangled together at the center of a web of illicit relationships, grudges, and obsessions. All six are burdened by desire and ambition, and as they collide on the university campus, their attractions set in motion a domino effect of affairs and heartbreak.

Meanwhile, Nell slowly fills her empty apartment with poisonous plants to study, and she begins to keep a series of notebooks, all dedicated to Joan. She logs her research and how she spends her days, but the notebooks ultimately become a painstaking map of love. In a dazzling and unforgettable voice, Rebecca Dinerstein Knight has written a spellbinding novel of emotional and intellectual intensity.
Über den Autor
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight is the author of the novel and screenplay The Sunlit Night, and a bilingual English-Norwegian collection of poems, Lofoten. Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The New Yorker online, among others. She is a graduate of Yale and the NYU MFA program, and has received a Wallant Award for Jewish Literature. Born and raised in New York City, she lives in New Hampshire.
Zusammenfassung
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight is one of the most exciting young voices in American fiction. A Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellow from the NYU MFA in Fiction, she has also been awarded a Wallant Award for Jewish Literature
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 224 S.
ISBN-13: 9781526611420
ISBN-10: 1526611422
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 423235
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dinerstein Knight, Rebecca
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 198 x 128 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,162 kg
Artikel-ID: 118875894
Über den Autor
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight is the author of the novel and screenplay The Sunlit Night, and a bilingual English-Norwegian collection of poems, Lofoten. Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The New Yorker online, among others. She is a graduate of Yale and the NYU MFA program, and has received a Wallant Award for Jewish Literature. Born and raised in New York City, she lives in New Hampshire.
Zusammenfassung
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight is one of the most exciting young voices in American fiction. A Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellow from the NYU MFA in Fiction, she has also been awarded a Wallant Award for Jewish Literature
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 224 S.
ISBN-13: 9781526611420
ISBN-10: 1526611422
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 423235
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dinerstein Knight, Rebecca
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 198 x 128 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,162 kg
Artikel-ID: 118875894
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