The Family Clause (Paperback)

'A bold and remarkable novel...full of heart and compassion' Dinaw Mengestu A bad-tempered grandfather, now living abroad, is back in Stockholm to see his adult children. The son is a failure, the daughter is having a baby with the wrong man, and their mother is a heartless deserter. Only he, the patriarch, is perfect - according to himself, at least. Over ten intense days, the strained relationships of this chaotic but entirely normal family unfold, and painful memories begin to resurface. Something has to give. But the son is duty-bound to his father by a murky, years-old agreement - can it be renegotiated, or will it bind everyone to the past for ever? 'The dynamics of each relationship are superbly complex, and Khemiri's wry, comic touch gives a lightness to the inevitability as the children follow in their father's footsteps' Guardian 'Excellent...the complex portrait of a family that is both identifiable and distinctive, normal and strange' TLS

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2021
Authors:	Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Translators:	Alice Menzies (Translator)
Dimensions:	197 x 130 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-78470-956-3
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Swedish
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-78470-956-5
Barcode:	9781784709563

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