Lisa Moore Boeken

"How much do we really know about Quincey Morris?In one of the greatest Grand-Guignol moments of all time, Dracula is caught feeding Mina blood from his own breast while her husband lies helpless on the same bed. In the chaos that follows, Morris runs outside, ostensibly in pursuit. "I could see Quincey Morris run across the lawn," Dr. Seward says, "and hide himself in the shadow of a great yew-tree. It puzzled me to think why he was doing this..." Then the doctor is distracted, and we never do find out.This story rose up from that one question: Why, in this calamitous moment, did the brave and stalwart Quincey Morris hide behind a tree?"Lisa Moore

"Genetic modification, especially in regards to the creation of transgenic animals, has long been a source of controversy, fear, and fascination. Our Transgenic Future explores the creation, the ethical ramifications, and the symbolic resonances of one particular transgenic invention: a goat that creates spider silk. Lisa Jean Moore's new work draws from years of ethnographic research as well as her personal experiences with genetic engineering in the form of reproduction through artificial insemination. Her book provides an in depth look at the birth of the spider goat, chronicling its creation chapter by chapter. However, the animal is constantly connected to a variety of larger themes, including humanity's reciprocal interaction with nature, the figure of the "mad scientist," and the experience of aging and obsolescence"--

Madeleine, the driven filmmaker whose mission is to complete a Bergmanesque magnum opus before she dies; Frank, a young man of innocence and determination whose life is a strange anthology of unpredictable dangers. This is a novel where humanity is a bizarre combination of the reptilian and the saintly.

"The author considers interactions between horseshoe crabs and humans, through fieldwork conducted between 2012 and 2016 at urban beaches near New York City, nature preserves in Japan, and marine research sites in Florida, and interviews with conservationists, field biologists, ecologists, and paleontologists. She explores the interspecies relationship between humans and horseshoe crabs, and how they are meaningful to one another in specific ways as humans interpret them for understanding geologic time, use them for biomedical applications, collect them for agricultural fertilizer, eat them, and capture them as bait, and crabs make humans matter by revealing humans' vulnerability to endotoxins and fertilizing soil for human food. She examines how humans exploit crabs, depend on them, and consider their welfare, discussing issues related to the species health of the horseshoe crab, their sexual reproduction, the use of their endotoxins, and global warming, site fidelity, and reclamation projects."--Provided by publisher.

Blending the excitement of a thriller with literary finesse, the author crafts a captivating narrative that offers both gripping storytelling and deep insights. The seamless integration of these elements results in a vivid and engaging tale that keeps readers hooked from start to finish.

Slaney lay there, flat on his back, chest hammering, looking at the stars. It was as far as he had been from the Springfield penitentiary since the doors of that institution admitted him four years before. It was not far enough. He heaved himself off the ground and started running. Itâe(tm)s June 1978 and David Slaney can be sure of only one thing. He canâe(tm)t get caught. Not this time. Heâe(tm)s escaped from prison, needs to make good on the drug heist that went wrong, win back the woman he loves and buy himself a new life. First, though, he must travel across a vast country of watchful eyes, booby traps and friends who could be foes âe" he canâe(tm)t trust anyone, it turns out. And then on to Columbia, where the real test begins. With bravado and the exuberant folly of youth, Slaney embarks on a road trip that will take him from the seedy motels of Nova Scotia to a beach party in Columbia, navigating bad weather and a ferocious storm at sea, undercover cops and gun-toting drug barons. In elegant, forensic prose and a fierce, dry humour, Lisa Moore tightens the net around Slaney in a suspenseful and compulsive adventure story.

Sixteen-year-old Flannery Malone has it bad. She's been in love with Tyrone O'Rourke since the days she still believed in Santa Claus. But Tyrone has grown from a dorky kid into an outlaw graffiti artist, the rebel-with-a-cause of Flannery's dreams, literally too cool for school. Which is a problem, since he and Flannery are partners for the entrepreneurship class that she needs to graduate. And Tyrone's vanishing act may have darker causes than she realizes. Tyrone isn't Flannery's only problem. Her mother, Miranda, can't pay the heating bills, let alone buy Flannery's biology book. Her little brother, Felix, is careening out of control. And her best-friend-since-forever, Amber, has fallen for a guy who is making her forget all about the things she's always cared most about -- Flannery included -- leading Amber down a dark and dangerous path of her own. When Flannery decides to make a love potion for her entrepreneurship project, rumors that it actually works go viral, and she suddenly has a hot commodity on her hands. But a series of shattering events makes her realize that real-life love is far more potent -- and potentially damaging -- than any fairy-tale prescription. Written in Lisa Moore's exuberant and inimitable style, Flannery is by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, empowering and harrowing -- often all on the same page. It is a novel whose spell no reader will be able to resist.

Helen O'Mara, pregnant with her fourth child, receives a call telling her that her husband, Cal, has drowned. It is her wayward son, John, calling from another time zone to tell her that he has made a girl pregnant and he wants Helen to decide what to do.

The narrative explores the struggle between humanity's primal instincts and societal expectations through Maximillian VanderCreek, a graduate student with a dark past shaped by a genetic mutation. Returning to his childhood farm and attending Hills College, he becomes romantically linked to Professor Lillian Bean, revealing a profound biological connection. As their love deepens, they confront a sinister presence tied to their histories. The story builds tension around whether their love can withstand the darkness that threatens to consume them, culminating in a surprising conclusion.

„Lisa Moores Bücher sind leidenschaftlich, wirklichkeitsnah, leuchtend, wunderschön.” (Anne Enright) – Die große kanadische Erzählerin über die Abgründe und das Glück in unseren Beziehungen Lisa Moores Erzählungen handeln nur auf den ersten Blick von Alltäglichkeiten: Da sind Eleanor und Philipp auf einer Gartenparty – die ihre ganze Ehe auf den Prüfstand stellt. Da ist Melody, die nach einer durchtanzten Nacht in die nächstgelegene Stadt trampt – für eine Abtreibung. Und da sind Lyle und seine Tochter Alex, die einen Tag an der Küste Neufundlands verbringen – der Beginn eines neuen Kapitels. Mit ihrem untrüglichen Gespür für die Tiefe, die in vermeintlich belanglosen Augenblicken steckt, stößt die große kanadische Erzählerin in das Geheimnisvolle menschlicher Beziehungen vor. Präzise und scheinbar beiläufig wie Alice Munro bringt sie „das zu Papier, was im Leben wichtig ist“ (Richard Ford).