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- Publication Date
- 2008-03-01
- Pages
- 183
- ISBN
- 9780670018567
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670018562
ISBN-13
9780670018567
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61626642
Product Key Features
Book Title
Blood Kin
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Thrillers / Suspense, Literary, Political
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-019876
Reviews
“The most erotic novel you might ever read about political gamesmanship and powerâ€� –John Freeman (former President of the National Book Critics Circle), Newark Star Ledger “A precise and terrifying debut novel&[ BLOOD KIN offers] candid and chilling insights into the seductive nature of power.&Dovey’s ultimate lesson, that nature and mankind abhor a power vacuum, may be a bleak one, but she presents her case so meticulously and relentlessly that you’ve got to respect her authority.â€� – New York Times Book Review “Part erotic thriller, part menacing political allergory, [ BLOOD KIN is] Ceridwen Dovey’s haunting debut& Dovey infuses each character with humanity and brilliantly reveals how banal acts like cooking and shaving can become charged with longing and political intent.â€� — Vogue “Dovey’s surgical prose and cool apprehension of the machinations of ambition and lust make her a writer to watch.â€� — O, The Oprah Magazine “A compact but ambitious fable&Dovey displays a mastery over her material and the pacing of her narrative worthy of a much more experienced writer.â€� — Elle Magazine “Splendid debut novel [about] power, political and personal, and its dangerous ineffability.â€� — Bookforum "A fable of the arrogance of power, beneath whose dreamlike surface swirl currents of complex sensuality." — JM Coetzee, Nobel prize-winning author of Disgrace, Waiting for the Barbarians "This is an unflinching and poignant work that exposes man's limitations and vulnerabilities in the face of absolute power. It has about it something of the splendor and inevitability of a myth. Like all wonderful books, it has always been there, waiting for its author to arrive. And, thankfully for us, she has come." — Hisham Matar, author of In the Country of Men (shortlisted for 2006 Man Booker) "A lovely, haunting novel, written with great care and precision. Working on the level of allegory, with a careful consideration of history and myth, Ceridwen Dovey has fashioned a really fine debut." — Colum McCann, author of international bestsellers This Side of Brightness and Dancer, Part erotic thriller, part menacing political allergory, [BLOOD KINis] Ceridwen Dovey’s haunting debut… Dovey infuses each character with humanity and brilliantly reveals how banal acts like cooking and shaving can become charged with longing and political intent.” —Vogue Dovey’s surgical prose and cool apprehension of the machinations of ambition and lust make her a writer to watch.” —O, The Oprah Magazine A compact but ambitious fable…Dovey displays a mastery over her material and the pacing of her narrative worthy of a much more experienced writer.” —Elle Magazine Splendid debut novel [about] power, political and personal, and its dangerous ineffability.” —Bookforum "A fable of the arrogance of power, beneath whose dreamlike surface swirl currents of complex sensuality." —JM Coetzee,Nobel prize-winning author of Disgrace, Waiting for the Barbarians "This is an unflinching and poignant work that exposes man's limitations and vulnerabilities in the face of absolute power. It has about it something of the splendor and inevitability of a myth. Like all wonderful books, it has always been there, waiting for its author to arrive. And, thankfully for us, she has come." —Hisham Matar,author of In the Country of Men (shortlisted for 2006 Man Booker) "A lovely, haunting novel, written with great care and precision. Working on the level of allegory, with a careful consideration of history and myth, Ceridwen Dovey has fashioned a really fine debut." —Colum McCann,author of international bestsellers This Side of Brightnessand Dancer, The most erotic novel you might ever read about political gamesmanship and power…” –John Freeman (former President of the National Book Critics Circle), Newark Star Ledger A precise and terrifying debut novel…[BLOOD KINoffers] candid and chilling insights into the seductive nature of power.…Dovey’s ultimate lesson, that nature and mankind abhor a power vacuum, may be a bleak one, but she presents her case so meticulously and relentlessly that you’ve got to respect her authority.” –New York Times Book Review Part erotic thriller, part menacing political allergory, [BLOOD KINis] Ceridwen Dovey’s haunting debut… Dovey infuses each character with humanity and brilliantly reveals how banal acts like cooking and shaving can become charged with longing and political intent.” —Vogue Dovey’s surgical prose and cool apprehension of the machinations of ambition and lust make her a writer to watch.” —O, The Oprah Magazine A compact but ambitious fable…Dovey displays a mastery over her material and the pacing of her narrative worthy of a much more experienced writer.” —Elle Magazine Splendid debut novel [about] power, political and personal, and its dangerous ineffability.” —Bookforum "A fable of the arrogance of power, beneath whose dreamlike surface swirl currents of complex sensuality." —JM Coetzee,Nobel prize-winning author of Disgrace, Waiting for the Barbarians "This is an unflinching and poignant work that exposes man's limitations and vulnerabilities in the face of absolute power. It has about it something of the splendor and inevitability of a myth. Like all wonderful books, it has always been there, waiting for its author to arrive. And, thankfully for us, she has come." —Hisham Matar,author of In the Country of Men (shortlisted for 2006 Man Booker) "A lovely, haunting novel, written with great care and precision. Working on the level of allegory, with a careful consideration of history and myth, Ceridwen Dovey has fashioned a really fine debut." —Colum McCann,author of international bestsellers This Side of Brightnessand Dancer, "A fable of the arrogance of power, beneath whose dreamlike surface swirl currents of complex sensuality." —JM Coetzee,Nobel prize-winning author of Disgrace, Waiting for the Barbarians "This is an unflinching and poignant work that exposes man's limitations and vulnerabilities in the face of absolute power. It has about it something of the splendor and inevitability of a myth. Like all wonderful books, it has always been there, waiting for its author to arrive. And, thankfully for us, she has come." —Hisham Matar,author of In the Country of Men (shortlisted for 2006 Man Booker) "A lovely, haunting novel, written with great care and precision. Working on the level of allegory, with a careful consideration of history and myth, Ceridwen Dovey has fashioned a really fine debut." —Colum McCann,author of international bestsellers This Side of Brightnessand Dancer
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
FIC
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
A president has been overthrown by a military coup in a nameless country in an unspecified era. The presidentas barber, chef, and portraitist are imprisoned, with many others, in a remote palace in the hills high above the city center. Before the coup, these three men worked with unquestioning loyalty, serving the president in seemingly benign jobs. Now, forced to serve the countryas new leader, they begin to reconsider their role in the old regime. In simple, elegant prose Blood Kin alternates between the voices of the barber, the chef, and the portraitist. Later in the book their wives, lovers, and daughters tell their own tales. As the old order falls, so does the veil that hides the truth about these men and womenas secret passions. No one, it seems, is entirely immune to the many temptations of power. Ceridwen Doveyas debut is a welcome addition to the important tradition of allegorical writing about political upheaval and personal guilt. Her clever, magnetic story will resonate with fans of J. M. Coetzee, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Gabriel GarcA-a MArquez., A president is overthrown by a military coup in a nameless country, and in the midst of mass arrests, three members of the presidential household - his barber, chef, and portraitist - are taken hostage in a remote mountain palace. Before the coup, these men worked with unquestioning loyalty, serving the President in the seemingly benign tasks of grooming him, nourishing him, and rendering his image. But as the old order falls, the truth about these men and the significant women in their lives is revealed, and a web of complicity and duplicity begins to unravel.
LC Classification Number
PR9369.4.D68B58 2007
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