Description
Discover 'Must I Go', a profound B-format paperback novel that delves into the intricacies of memory, love, and loss. This captivating story is centered around Lilia Liska, an extraordinary eighty-one-year-old woman who navigates her past and present through the lens of an old diary from her youthful lover, Roland Bouley. With 368 pages of rich narrative published by Penguin UK in 2021, this book intricately explores themes of obsession, mortality, and the deep connections between mothers and daughters. As Lilia annotates Roland's charming yet flawed recollections, she reveals deeply personal secrets and reflections, tackling poignant questions about the influence of our histories on our futures. This emotional journey not only commemorates Lilia's life experiences but also pays homage to her late daughter, Lucy, whose tragic story haunts Lilia’s memory. Perfect for readers seeking heartfelt literary fiction that resonates deeply, 'Must I Go' invites you to ponder life’s greatest dilemmas. Experience the powerful prose that has already touched many hearts and expand your personal library with this essential read. Order now for fast delivery, ensuring your copy arrives promptly at your doorstep.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780241978689
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2021
Publisher: Penguin UK
Pages: 368
Description:
Lilia Liska is eighty-one. She has shrewdly outlived three husbands, raised five children and seen the birth of seventeen grandchildren. Now she has turned her keen attention to a strange little book published by a vanity press- the diary of a long-forgotten man named Roland Bouley, with whom she once had a fleeting affair.
Drawn into an obsession over this fragment of intimate history, Lilia begins to annotate the diary with her own, rather different version of events. Gradually she undercuts Roland's charming but arrogant voice with her sharply incisive and deeply moving commentary. She reveals to us the surprising, long-held secrets of her own life. And she returns inexorably to her daughter, Lucy, who took her own life at the age of twenty-seven.
How does the past shape the future? How do we live in the face of the unanswerable? Must I Go considers these questions underlying an extraordinary life, exploring both the painfully finite nature of human life and the infinite depths of human beings.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780241978689
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2021
Publisher: Penguin UK
Pages: 368
Description:
Lilia Liska is eighty-one. She has shrewdly outlived three husbands, raised five children and seen the birth of seventeen grandchildren. Now she has turned her keen attention to a strange little book published by a vanity press- the diary of a long-forgotten man named Roland Bouley, with whom she once had a fleeting affair.
Drawn into an obsession over this fragment of intimate history, Lilia begins to annotate the diary with her own, rather different version of events. Gradually she undercuts Roland's charming but arrogant voice with her sharply incisive and deeply moving commentary. She reveals to us the surprising, long-held secrets of her own life. And she returns inexorably to her daughter, Lucy, who took her own life at the age of twenty-seven.
How does the past shape the future? How do we live in the face of the unanswerable? Must I Go considers these questions underlying an extraordinary life, exploring both the painfully finite nature of human life and the infinite depths of human beings.