Name: The Names
SKU: 64257801
Price: 711.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Florence Knapp
ISBN: 9781399624022

Type

Physical Book

Author

Florence Knapp

Publisher

Phoenix

Year

2025

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

24x16.2x3.2 cm

ISBN13

9781399624022

The Names

Florence Knapp (Author) · Phoenix · Hardcover

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Synopsis "The Names"

'Tomorrow - if morning comes, if the storm stops raging - Cora will register the name of her son. Or perhaps, and this is her real concern, she'll formalise who he will become.'

It is 1987, and in the aftermath of a great storm, Cora sets out with her nine-year-old daughter to register the birth of her son. Her husband intends her to follow a long-standing family tradition and call the boy after him. But faced with the decision, Cora hesitates, questioning whether it is right for her child to share his name with generations of domineering men. Her choice in this moment will shape the course of their lives.

Seven years later, her son is Bear, a name chosen by his sister, and one that will prove as cataclysmic as the storm from which it emerges. Or he is Julian, the name his mother set her heart on, believing it will give him the opportunity to become his own person. Or he is Gordon, named after his father and raised in his image - but is there still a chance to break the mould?

This is the story of three names, three versions of a life and the infinite possibilities that a single decision can spark. It is the story of one family and how love endures, no matter what fate has in store.

The Names is a beautiful, heartwrenching, utterly original novel - this one will stay with me for years to come - Miranda Cowley Heller, author of THE PAPER PALACE

A sucker punch of a novel that I think will be one of the biggest books of the year - Pandora Sykes

The Names is a truly gorgeous, heart-opening novel. I couldn't put it down, and I'm grateful to have Cora and her children living inside my heart now. What a wonderful book! - Ann Napolitano, multi-million-copy bestselling author of HELLO BEAUTIFUL

I'm in AWE. Powerful, moving and beautiful, The Names takes an important subject and handles it perfectly - Marian Keyes, author of GROWN UPS

Haunting and heartfelt; I couldn't look away from this emotionally charged story of fate, family and heart-shattering what ifs - Claire Daverley, bestselling author of TALKING AT NIGHT

Magnificent. A stunning, hopeful, bitterly beautiful novel. The Names is a story of decisions, both grand and miniature, of how each is sewn into the tapestry of what makes us uniquely us. And how a single change can be our making and unravelling. Read it. It's very special - Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK

Every so often a truly special book comes along, one that stays with you long after turning the last page. I raged, cheered and wept alongside Bear, Gordon and Julian. Compassionate, haunting and gripping, it urges you to reflect on the path not taken, the infinite small decisions and sacrifices that lead us to our own particular lives - Elizabeth Macneal, author of THE DOLL FACTORY

Unlike anything I've ever read, The Names is wise and surprising and thrumming with life. A very, very special book - Bobby Palmer, author of ISAAC AND THE EGG

Florence Knapp

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Florence Knapp fue una escritora estadounidense conocida principalmente por su novela Mrs. Mike, una obra que alcanzó gran popularidad a mediados del siglo XX. Nació en Estados Unidos y desarrolló su carrera literaria en colaboración con su amiga y también escritora Nancy Freedman.

Su obra más famosa, Mrs. Mike, fue publicada en 1947 y está basada en la vida real de una mujer llamada Katherine Mary Flannigan. La novela narra la historia de una joven de Boston que se casa con un miembro de la Royal Canadian Mounted Police y se muda a las remotas regiones del norte de Canada. Allí debe adaptarse a un entorno duro y aislado, enfrentando desafíos climáticos, culturales y personales.

El libro fue un gran éxito editorial, vendiendo millones de copias y convirtiéndose en un clásico de la literatura popular. Su mezcla de romance, aventura y vida en territorios fronterizos atrajo a numerosos lectores y consolidó la reputación de Knapp como narradora.

Aunque Florence Knapp no produjo una extensa obra literaria, su participación en la creación de Mrs. Mike la hizo ampliamente reconocida. La novela ha sido traducida a varios idiomas y ha permanecido como una historia emblemática sobre la vida en el norte de Canadá y la fortaleza humana frente a condiciones difíciles.

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