{"product_id":"a-lie-about-my-father-john-burnside","title":"A Lie About my Father (John Burnside)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving, unforgettable memoir of two lost men: a father and his child.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe had his final heart attack in the Silver Band Club in Corby, somewhere between the bar and the cigarette machine. A foundling; a fantasist; a morose, threatening drinker who was quick with his hands, he hadn't seen his son for years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Burnside's extraordinary story of this failed relationship is a beautifully written evocation of a lost and damaged world of childhood and the constants of his father's world: men defined by the drink they could take and the pain they could stand, men shaped by their guilt and machismo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Lie About My Father\u003c\/i\u003e is about forgiving but not forgetting, about examining the way men are made and how they fall apart, about understanding that in order to have a good son you must have a good father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Memoir this good illuminates something larger than itself. It is an exercise in understanding, compassion and forgiveness' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaltire Scottish Book of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Non-Fiction Book of the Year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJohn Burnside\u003c\/b\u003e was among the most acclaimed writers of his generation. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs won numerous awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial, Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and, in 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 2011\u003ci\u003e Black Cat Bone\u003c\/i\u003e won both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot Prizes for poetry. He died in 2024.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 336 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65908537917789,"sku":"K029706041","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/a-lie-about-my-father-john-burnside","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}