Fathers and Sons

''There is so much aching love in this book, such pain and beauty. Behold, and rejoice.'' - Tim Winton, author of Cloudstreet Was he thinking, do I have to be this kind of boy to survive? Is this what being a boy is? As a boy growing up on the south coast of England, Howard Cunnell''s sense of self was dominated by his father''s absence. Now, years later, he is a father, and his daughter is becoming his son. Starting with his own childhood in the Sussex beachlands, Howard tells the story of the years of self-destruction that defined his young adulthood and the escape he found in reading and the natural world. Still he felt compelled to destroy the relationships that mattered to him. Saved by love and responsibility, Cunnell charts his journey from anger to compassion, as his daughter Jay realizes he is a boy, and a son. Most of all, this is a story about love - its necessity and fragility, and its unequalled capacity to enable us to be who we are. Deeply thoughtful, searingly honest and exquisitely lyrical, Fathers and Sons is an exploration of fatherhood, masculinity, authenticity and family.

Info autore

Howard Cunnell’s acclaimed memoir Fathers and Sons was read on BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week, and described as ‘unique, and uniquely beautiful’ (Financial Times); it explores his experiences as a fatherless man raising a transgender son. His novel The Sea on Fire, ‘maps new noir territory in an incandescent underwater world’ (Guardian), and draws from Cunnell’s life as a dive guide and scuba instructor. He is the contributing editor of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road: The Original Scroll, which the New York Times called ‘the living version for our time’. He lives in Sussex.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Howard Cunnell, Cunnell Howard
• Editore: Picador Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781509812448
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-1244-8
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 133 mm x 200 mm x 17 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood, Intergenerational Relationships, Gender studies, gender groups, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Gender studies: men and boys, Father’s Day, Gender Studies: Men, Father?s Day, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics