Bøger af Audrey Magee

"Kolonien består den måske eneste vigtige test for en roman; man bliver ved med at tænke på den, når den er slut" Guardian”Præcis og barsk … en historie om sprog og identitet, om kunst, undertrykkelse, frihed og kolonialisme. Kolonien er en roman om store, vigtige emner” Financial TimesEnglænderen Hr. Lloyd har besluttet at lade sig sejle til sin sommerdestination, en lille irsk ø, i en traditionel båd uden motor. Snart efter ankommer øens anden sommergæst, den franske lingvist Masson. Begge søger de det autentiske, men med aldeles forskellige metoder og motiver. Øens sparsomme befolkning tænker deres, mens blide sommerdage glider over i hinanden og menneskelige balancer umærkeligt forskubbes.Booker-longlistede og Orwell-shortlistede Kolonien er et humoristisk, urovækkende, naturskønt og -barskt kammerspil om kvinder og mænd, individuel frihed og ansvar, sprog og identitet, kunst og kultur – og ikke mindst kolonialisme.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE"Luminous." -Jonathan Myerson, The Guardian"Vivid, thought-provoking." -Malcolm Forbes, Star TribuneIn 1979, as violence erupts all over Ireland, two outsiders travel to a small island off the west coast in search of their own answers, despite what it may cost the islanders.It is the summer of 1979. An English painter travels to a small island off the west coast of Ireland. Mr. Lloyd takes the last leg by currach, though boats with engines are available and he doesn't much like the sea. He wants the authentic experience, to be changed by this place, to let its quiet and light fill him, give him room to create. He doesn't know that a Frenchman follows close behind. Jean-Pierre Masson has visited the island for many years, studying the language of those who make it their home. He is fiercely protective of their isolation, deems it essential to exploring his theories of language preservation and identity.But the people who live on this rock-three miles long and half a mile wide-have their own views on what is being recorded, what is being taken, and what ought to be given in return. Over the summer, each of them-from great-grandmother Bean Uí Fhloinn, to widowed Mairéad, to fifteen-year-old James, who is determined to avoid the life of a fisherman-will wrestle with their values and desires. Meanwhile, all over Ireland, violence is erupting. And there is blame enough to go around.An expertly woven portrait of character and place, a stirring investigation into yearning to find one's way, and an unflinchingly political critique of the long, seething cost of imperialism, Audrey Magee's The Colony is a novel that transports, that celebrates beauty and connection, and that reckons with the inevitable ruptures of independence.