Brother in Ice
- Authors
- Kopf, Alicia
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Tags
- contemporary fiction;literary fiction;novel;memoir;auto-fiction;translation;translated fiction;women’s literary fiction;rite of passage;family;polar explorers;catalan;catalonia; spain;autism;autistic;shackleton;amundsen;polar regions;north pole;south pole;ice;snow;snowflake;philip hoare;leviathan;the sea inside;rising star falling tide;risingtidefallingstar;helen macdonald;h is for hawk;max porter;grief is the thing with feathers
- Date
- 2016-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 3.49 MB
- Lang
- en
This hybrid novel—part research notes, part fictionalised diary, and part travelogue—uses the stories of polar exploration to make sense of the protagonist’s own concerns as she comes of age as an artist, a daughter, and a sister to an autistic brother. Conceptual and emotionally compelling, it advances fearlessly into the frozen emotional lacunae of difficult family relationships. Deserved winner of multiple awards upon its Catalan and Spanish publication, Brother in Ice is a richly rewarding journey into the unknown.