Lord Jim at Home

Name: Lord Jim at Home
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781914198663
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By Dinah Brooke

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Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke explores the life of an English family in the 1970s as they face dysfunction and hidden secrets within their seemingly mundane existence. The story delves into the intricacies of familial relationships, unearthing the tensions and complexities that lie beneath the surface of their daily lives. Through vivid characterisation and compelling narrative, the book offers a layered exploration of themes such as identity and societal expectations.
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You might like this book if you enjoy deeply exploring character-driven narratives set in distinctively personal settings, delving into themes of identity and domestic life. Its rich exploration of human psychology and tangled interpersonal relationships provides an absorbing read for those who appreciate introspective and nuanced storytelling.

'If it weren't such a pleasure to read, I'd say that Lord Jim at Home . . . was an instrument of torture. It's that good.' - Ottessa Moshfegh, from the Foreword

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When Lord Jim at Home was first published in 1973, it was described as 'squalid and startling', 'nastily horrific', and a 'monstrous parody' of upper-middle class English life. It is the story of Giles Trenchard, who grows up isolated in an atmosphere of privilege and hidden violence; who goes to war, and returns; and then, one day — like the hero of Joseph Conrad's classic Lord Jim — commits an act that calls his past, his character, his whole world into question.

Out of print for nearly half a century, Lord Jim at Home reveals a daring writer long overdue for reappraisal, whose work has retained all its originality and power. As Ottessa Moshfegh writes in her foreword to this new edition, Brooke evokes childhood vulnerability and adult cruelty 'in a way that nice people are too polite to admit they understand.'

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781914198663

Publisher: Daunt Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Daunt Books

Contributors:

Foreword by Ottessa Moshfegh

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 264

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About the Author

Dinah Brooke left Cheltenham Ladies' College at sixteen to go to Paris, where she studied sculpture and Greek. She read English at Oxford, attended film school in London, briefly worked for adocumentary film company, and spent a year in Greenwich Village. Back in London, she married, had twins, and, in the early 1970s, published four critically acclaimed novels. Afer six years in Poona, India. She returned to London in 1981, where she lives today.

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