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Author: Esther Kinsky ,
Caroline Schmidt
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Imprint: Fitzcarraldo Editions
ISBN: 9781913097288
ISBN 10: 1913097285
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 15 April 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Language: English
Reviews
'Deeply sad and darkly beautiful. The novel is masterly and uplifting and without any doubt it offers solace.' - Jury for the Dusseldorf Literature Prize
'Grove is a story of an existence stilled by loss, but the promise of life, and with it renewal and hope, pulses gently but steadily at its heart.' - Lucy Scholes, Financial Times 'A philosophical jewel seeking revelation in interstices, absences, ruptures, and the passages between existence and memory.' - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
'Like a landscape painter who day after day sets up their easel outside, Esther Kinsky directs her eyes onto the terrain, studies it at particular times and in ever-changing weather, and seeks to understand its anatomy as well as the way it is used by people.' - FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE SONNTAGSZEITUNG
'What makes Grove so noteworthy is the keening, perfectly weighted clarity of Esther Kinsky's prose; Caroline Schmidt's elegantly considered translation is meticulous but never overstated.' - Lucy Scholes, Financial Times 'This is a sublime book, born of profound, empathetic understanding.' - Declan O'Driscoll, Irish Times 'The language and atmosphere is again redolent of Kinsky's compatriot W. G. Sebald, the much-missed psychogeographer. With Grove, she has reached his level. This is a book that finds a kind of comfort in the transience of being human.' - i 'Depth of detail is Kinsky's forte, her language tailored perfectly to a natural world inherent with life and a mystical beauty.' - Review 31 'Grove is a realistic and humbling exploration of the all-encompassing nature of bereavement. Kinsky paints a striking picture, aided by Caroline Schmidt's careful translation.' - Lunate 'Deeply sad and darkly beautiful. The novel is masterly and uplifting and without any doubt it offers solace.' - Jury for the Dusseldorf Literature Prize
Author Information
Esther Kinsky grew up by the river Rhine and lived in London for twelve years. She is the author of six volumes of poetry, four novels (Summer Resort, Banatsko, River, Grove) numerous essays on language, poetry and translation and three children's books. She has translated many notable English (John Clare, Henry David Thoreau, Iain Sinclair) and Polish (Joanna Bator, Miron Bialoszewski, Magdalena Tulli) authors into German. Both River and Grove won numerous literary prizes in Germany.
