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Praise for Eveningland “The spirit of Eudora Welty broods over these adroitly crafted stories set in and around coastal Alabama, evoking a world coiled tight as a conch shell.†— O Magazine “Impressive… ‘Water and Oil’ is deft and wonderful, wholly original, and ‘Smash and Grab’ is sharp and fresh with an ending like something out of O. Henry or Thomas McGuane.†— New York Times Book Review “Novelistic…compressed and supple, with a Cheever-esque sensitivity to texture and light.†— Garden & Gun Praise for The Typist “ The Typist is reminiscent of The English Patient —slow, sad, wistful and romantic.†— Los Angeles Times “Knight’s prose transforms even cheap booze and poor weather into lovely atmospheric touches… [His] elegant prose recalls the fiction of W.G. Sebald.†— The Economist “Elegant… a memorable read.†— Chicago Tribune “Thrilling… Knight produces a number of stunning set-pieces… [An] elegant, restrained novel.†— The Rumpus Informationen zum Autor MICHAEL KNIGHT is the author of the novels The Typist and Divining Rod ; the short story collections Eveningland, Goodnight Nobody and Dogfight and Other Stories ; and the novella The Holiday Season . He teaches creative writing at the University of Tennessee and lives in Knoxville with his family. Klappentext From the award-winning writer of Eveningland and The Typist , Michael Knight, At Briarwood School for Girls is an incisive, witty, beautifully-written novel set at a boarding school in the Virginia countryside Leseprobe “Do you believe in ghosts, Mr. Bishop?” She could feel him staring at her, wondering about her. The thing about Mr. Bishop was, he wanted to teach you something. That wasn’t always the case. Some teachers wanted to entertain or impress you, some wanted you to like them, some just wanted you to behave for an hour and move along. But Mr. Bishop believed what he said in class. He was almost too earnest. Even now, he was giving her question more consideration that it deserved. “I believe a place can be haunted,” he said, “if that’s what you mean. By the past or history or whatever. And people, too. People can be haunted. But if you mean actual spirits from the other side, then no, I don’t guess I do.” Lenore wiggled her toes inside her shoes. “Why do you ask?” he said. “Oh, you know the stories about Thornton Hall.” Mr. Bishop smiled. “Does this mean you’ve had a run in with Elizabeth Archer?” “I’m pregnant,” Lenore said. She hadn’t meant to tell him. She felt as startled by her revelation as Mr. Bishop looked and she had the strange sensation the she might suddenly float up off the ground, her heels lifting out of the snow and then her toes and she imagined gazing down on Mr. Bishop and his dog, a hovering ghost of herself. Zusammenfassung From the award-winning writer of Eveningland and The Typist, Michael Knight, At Briarwood School for Girls is an incisive, witty, beautifully-written novel set at a boarding school in the Virginia countryside...
