""Impossible to put down. . . . Who, in the end, needs to talk about Kevin? Maybe we all do.” — Boston Globe
Acclaimed author Lionel Shriver's gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry
Shriver’s resonant story of a mother’s unsettling quest to understand her teenage son’s deadly violence, her own ambivalence toward motherhood, and the explosive link between them reverberates with the haunting power of high hopes shattered by dark realities.
Eva never really wanted to be a mother—and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher who tried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin’s horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her estranged husband, Franklin. Uneasy with the sacrifices and social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails.
Like Shriver’s charged and incisive later novels, including So Much for That and The Post-Birthday World, We Need to Talk About Kevin is a piercing, unforgettable, and penetrating exploration of violence, family ties, and responsibility.
© 2011 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062188076
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 27 december 2011
""Impossible to put down. . . . Who, in the end, needs to talk about Kevin? Maybe we all do.” — Boston Globe
Acclaimed author Lionel Shriver's gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry
Shriver’s resonant story of a mother’s unsettling quest to understand her teenage son’s deadly violence, her own ambivalence toward motherhood, and the explosive link between them reverberates with the haunting power of high hopes shattered by dark realities.
Eva never really wanted to be a mother—and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher who tried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin’s horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her estranged husband, Franklin. Uneasy with the sacrifices and social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails.
Like Shriver’s charged and incisive later novels, including So Much for That and The Post-Birthday World, We Need to Talk About Kevin is a piercing, unforgettable, and penetrating exploration of violence, family ties, and responsibility.
© 2011 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062188076
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 27 december 2011
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Ewa
2 sep. 2020
Efter 6 tim gav jag upp. De få och korta sekvenser där Kevin faktiskt var med var intressanta och otäcka, men i övrigt är det pretentiöst babbel. Att det handlar om brev till hennes ex-make känns inte trovärdigt. Mer av låååånga dagboksanteckningar.
A-L
27 jan. 2024
Brilliant
Anastasia
5 maj 2023
Nu läste jag boken på svenska, men detta är en av de bästa böckerna jag någonsin läst. Författarens språk är rikt och medryckande, och den psykologiska disonnansen beskrivs med en otäck precision. Boken är skriven med en otrolig inlevelse, god känsla för mänskliga försvarsmekanismer och könslor, och författaren djupdyker i det sociala spelet sant de olika narrativen vi berättat för oss själva. En mångbottnad, reflektiv, analytisk och intellektuellt skriven bok helt enkelt!
Vendelicious
29 jan. 2024
Rekommenderar starkt om en gillar riktigt mörkt drama!"Slow burn" är bästa sättet att beskriva den på😍Läst om fyra gånger och kommer definitivt läsa om en femte gång!
Therese
18 juni 2020
I början lite seg, men sedan blir den riktigt spännande och intressant. Dock inget för den som vill läsa feel good...
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