Overview
An addictive novel about contemporary parenthood and modern family life. 'A beautiful study of familial need and mess...insightful till it hurts.' Nikita Lalwani 'Bold and remarkable...full of heart and compassion.' Dinaw Mengestu A grandfather returns home from abroad to visit his adult children. The son is a failure. The daughter is having a baby with the wrong man. Only the grandfather, the proud patriarch, is perfect - at least, according to himself. Over the course of ten intense days, the relationships of this chaotic and entirely normal family unfold and painful memories resurface. Something has to give. But the son is duty-bound to his father through an arrangement they call 'the father clause'. Can it be renegotiated, or will it bind everyone to the past forever? In The Family Clause, multi-award-winning writer Jonas Hassen Khemiri has created a tender, funny and bruising novel about what it means to be a good parent, the difficulty of understanding those closest to us, and how it sometimes takes courage just to stick around. An ode to families, their dynamics, their boundaries and their silences, in all their messy glory, it reveals one of the real challenges in life- how to stop your family defining your destiny.
Full Product Details
Author: Jonas Hassen Khemiri ,
Alice Menzies
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Imprint: Harvill Secker
ISBN: 9781787301146
ISBN 10: 1787301141
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 16 July 2020
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Behold the great innovator of Swedish literature, with a unique ability to fill his prose with energy and vigour. * Joenkoepings-Posten * Smart and simple, with greatness hidden in the detail, in the patterns of human behaviour that are exposed, The Family Clause is Khemiri's best novel yet. * Expressen * A rich tale, characterised by moments of real pain and flowing, beautiful language... a writer who should not be missed. * Boras Tidning *
A rich tale, characterised by moments of real pain and flowing, beautiful language... a writer who should not be missed. * Boras Tidning * Smart and simple, with greatness hidden in the detail, in the patterns of human behaviour that are exposed, The Family Clause is Khemiri's best novel yet. * Expressen * Behold the great innovator of Swedish literature, with a unique ability to fill his prose with energy and vigour. * Joenkoepings-Posten *
Author Information
Jonas Hassen Khemiri (Author) Jonas Hassen Khemiri is the author of five novels, six plays and a collection of plays, essays and short stories. Among his many honours are the August Prize, the highest literary award for Swedish literature; the Per Olov Enquist Literary Prize; the Bor s Tidning Award for Best Literary Debut Novel; and an Obie Award. His novels have been translated into more than thirty languages, and his plays have been performed by more than one hundred companies around the world. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden.
