Paper Houses
- 192bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
A whimsical and misanthropic imagining of Emily Dickinson's life
Dominique Fortier Boeken
Dominique Fortiers werk duikt in het diepgaande samenspel van herinnering, tijd en de blijvende band tussen verleden en heden. Haar schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door lyrische proza en een scherpe verkenning van de menselijke psyche. Ze onderzoekt hoe geleefde ervaringen onze identiteit vormen en hoe we proberen betekenis te vinden in de meedogenloze stroom van de tijd. Fortier nodigt lezers uit om na te denken over hun eigen persoonlijke geschiedenissen en de onuitwisbare sporen die ze achterlaten.
Pale Shadows
- 192bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
Dickinson after her death: the story of the trio of women who brought the first collection of Emily Dickinson's poems out of the shadows Grieving the loss of her sister and alone in a big house, Lavinia goes through Emily's things and wonders what to do with her sister's poems. She enlists the help of Susan, Emily's best friend and brother Austin's wife, who rouses herself from a deep depression to put the poems into some order to approach a publisher. Lavinia also brings Austin's mistress, Mabel, into the project for her worldliness and connections. In the wings, there is Millicent, Mabel's daughter, a little girl like Emily in spirit, wise and strong-willed, and fascinated by things big and small in the world around her. Delicate like lacework with dark threads running through it, Pale Shadows picks up the story of Emily Dickinson where Paper Houses left off, to explore the place of women in history, their creativity, and the enduring power of Dickinson's poetry.