{"product_id":"katherine-carlyle-9781590517383","title":"Katherine Carlyle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eKatherine Carlyle\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece.\" --Philip Pullman, best-selling author of the \u003ci\u003eHis Dark Materials\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\" T]his road trip through a snow dome of mesmeric hallucinations is Thomson at his best.\" --Richard Flanagan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Narrow Road to the Deep North\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatherine Carlyle\u003c\/i\u003e is Rupert Thomson's breakthrough novel. Written in the beautifully spare, lucid, and cinematic prose Thomson is known for, and powered by his natural gift for storytelling, it uses the modern techniques of IVF to throw new light on the myth of origins. It is a profound and moving novel about identity, the search for personal meaning, and how we are loved. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unmoored by her mother's death and feeling her father to be an increasingly distant figure, Katherine Carlyle abandons the set course of her life and starts out on a mysterious journey to the ends of the world. Instead of going to college, she disappears, telling no one where she has gone. What begins as an attempt to punish her father for his absence gradually becomes a testing ground of his love for her, a coming-to-terms with the death of her mother, and finally the mise-en-sc ne for a courageous leap to true empowerment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590517383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/20\/2015 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/27\/2015 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rupert Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44723175522485,"sku":"9781590517383","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_451d8688-b141-4a50-9b08-53c9b2e8369d.jpg?v=1729006927","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/katherine-carlyle-9781590517383","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}