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Kristina Carlson
Mr Darwin´s Gardener
112pp, Paperback with flaps
Published June 2013
Peirene Press
ISBN 978-1-908670-09-0
ebook: 978-1-908670-12-0
Translator: Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah
A postmodern Victorian novel about faith, knowledge and our inner needs.
The late 1870s, the Kentish village of Downe. The villagers gather in church one rainy Sunday. Only Thomas Davies stays away. The eccentric loner, father of two and a grief-stricken widower, works as a gardener for the notorious naturalist, Charles Darwin. He shuns religion. But now Thomas needs answers. What should he believe in? And why should he continue to live?
Why Peirene chose to publish this book:
'A stunning, poetic work. Like Dylan Thomas in Under Milk Wood, Carlson evokes the voices of an entire village, and, through them, the spirit of the age. The apparent tensions between science and spirituality, Darwinism and humanism, reach a beautiful, life-affirming resolution.' Meike Ziervogel
http://www.peirenepress.com/books/new...
Cover can be found on the publisher website
needs to be combined with those editions:
http://www.goodreads.com/work/edition...
Mr Darwin´s Gardener
112pp, Paperback with flaps
Published June 2013
Peirene Press
ISBN 978-1-908670-09-0
ebook: 978-1-908670-12-0
Translator: Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah
A postmodern Victorian novel about faith, knowledge and our inner needs.
The late 1870s, the Kentish village of Downe. The villagers gather in church one rainy Sunday. Only Thomas Davies stays away. The eccentric loner, father of two and a grief-stricken widower, works as a gardener for the notorious naturalist, Charles Darwin. He shuns religion. But now Thomas needs answers. What should he believe in? And why should he continue to live?
Why Peirene chose to publish this book:
'A stunning, poetic work. Like Dylan Thomas in Under Milk Wood, Carlson evokes the voices of an entire village, and, through them, the spirit of the age. The apparent tensions between science and spirituality, Darwinism and humanism, reach a beautiful, life-affirming resolution.' Meike Ziervogel
http://www.peirenepress.com/books/new...
Cover can be found on the publisher website
needs to be combined with those editions:
http://www.goodreads.com/work/edition...
Hanna Krall
Chasing the King of Hearts
176pp, Paperback with flaps
Published September 2013
Peirene Press
ISBN 978-1-908670-10-6
ebook: 978-1-908670-13-7
Translator: Philip Boehm
An extraordinary love story, spanning 60 years, from 1939 to 2000, from the Warsaw Ghetto to Israel.
'This is the last leg of my journey. It would be silly to lose my mind now. 'After the deportation of her husband to Auschwitz, Izolda Regenberg, alias Maria Pawlicka, has only one aim: to free her husband. Her race to beat fate might appear absurd to others, but not to her. In times of war and destruction she learns to trust herself.
Why Peirene chose to publish this book:
'This is a beautiful love story. A story which makes one weep for mankind. While Hanna Krall's terse prose is designed to convey the utter desperation of war, her deft touch evokes hope and a sense of homecoming.' Meike Ziervogel
http://www.peirenepress.com/books/new...
Cover can be found on the publisher website
needs to be combined with following editions:
http://www.goodreads.com/work/edition...
Chasing the King of Hearts
176pp, Paperback with flaps
Published September 2013
Peirene Press
ISBN 978-1-908670-10-6
ebook: 978-1-908670-13-7
Translator: Philip Boehm
An extraordinary love story, spanning 60 years, from 1939 to 2000, from the Warsaw Ghetto to Israel.
'This is the last leg of my journey. It would be silly to lose my mind now. 'After the deportation of her husband to Auschwitz, Izolda Regenberg, alias Maria Pawlicka, has only one aim: to free her husband. Her race to beat fate might appear absurd to others, but not to her. In times of war and destruction she learns to trust herself.
Why Peirene chose to publish this book:
'This is a beautiful love story. A story which makes one weep for mankind. While Hanna Krall's terse prose is designed to convey the utter desperation of war, her deft touch evokes hope and a sense of homecoming.' Meike Ziervogel
http://www.peirenepress.com/books/new...
Cover can be found on the publisher website
needs to be combined with following editions:
http://www.goodreads.com/work/edition...
Thank you very much Traveling Diva :) wonderful screen-name btw
Birgit Vanderbeke
The Mussel Feast
112pp, Paperback with flaps
Published February 2013
Peirene Press
ISBN 978-1-908670-08-3
ebook: 978-1-908670-11-3
Translator: Jamie Bulloch
The modern German classic that has shaped an entire generation.
A mother and her two teenage children sit at the dinner table. In the middle stands a large pot of cooked mussels. Why has the father not returned home? As the evening wears on, we glimpse the issues that are tearing this family apart.
'I wrote this book in August 1989, just before the Fall of the Berlin Wall. I wanted to understand how revolutions start. It seemed logical to use the figure of a tyrannical father and turn the story into a German family saga.' Birgit Vanderbeke
Why Peirene chose to publish this book:
'I love this monologue. It's the first Peirene book which made me laugh out loud with tears in my eyes. The author lays bare the contradictory logic of an inflexible mind. This is a poignant yet hilarious narrative with a brilliant ending.' Meike Ziervogel
http://www.peirenepress.com/books/new...
needs to be combined with these editions:
http://www.goodreads.com/work/edition...
Cover can also be found there on the publisher´s site (see my link please)
ETA: Meike Ziervogel is the CEO and founder of Peirene Press. Just mentioning this as I am not sure what should go actually on the book page, or count as a proper description