{"product_id":"ruth-pen-emilie-pine","title":"Ruth \u0026 Pen (Emilie Pine)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant debut novel from Emilie Pine, author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eNotes to Self\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDublin, 7 October 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day, one city, two women: Ruth and Pen. Neither knows the other, but both are asking the same questions: how to be with others and how, when the world won't make space for you, to be with yourself?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuth's marriage to Aidan is in crisis. Today she needs to make a choice - to stay or not to stay, to take the risk of reaching out, or to pull up the drawbridge. For teenage Pen, today is the day the words will flow, and she will speak her truth to Alice, to ask for what she so desperately wants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply involving, poignant and radiantly intelligent, it is a portrait of the limits of grief and love, of how we navigate our inner and outer landscapes, and the tender courage demanded by the simple, daily quest of living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Emilie Pine is one of the most important new voices in Irish Literature. Everything she writes is imbued with wisdom' David Park\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Emilie Pine's debut novel is ambitious, poignant and playful, with a feminist nod to Joyce . . . it is as surprising and playful as it is ambitious and relevant' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is an exciting, warm and engaging debut that signals, one hopes, even greater things to come'\u003ci\u003e The Business Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEmilie Pine is Professor of Modern Drama at University College Dublin, Ireland. She has published widely as an academic and critic. Her first collection of personal essays \u003ci\u003eNotes to Self \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Butler Literary Award, the Sunday \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e Newcomer of the Year Award, and Book of the Year 2018 at the Irish Book Awards. \u003ci\u003eRuth \u0026amp; Pen\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63450169999709,"sku":"K096140660","price":10.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/230882-9614066000001A.jpg?v=1771216374","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/ruth-pen-emilie-pine","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}