Virginia Evans
autor
The Correspondent
Sybil Van Antwerp is seventy-three, slowly losing her sight and always writing letters . . .
To her children. Her favourite authors. Her ex-sister-in-law. The journalist poking into her past.
Her doctor. Suitors. Kindly neighbours. The infuriating gardening club.
All receive Sybil's witty, wise correspondence, rich with everyday concerns.
But there is one letter that she has never sent. It concerns the darkest period of her life. To post it, Sybil must find forgiveness within herself.
The hardest letter to write is the one you'd never dare to send.
Dopisy od Sybil
Osamělá sedmdesátnice Sybil van Antwerp má za sebou nelehký rodinný život i mimořádnou právnickou kariéru. Odjakživa používala dopisy k tomu, aby lépe porozuměla světu a svému místu v něm. Inteligentní, tvrdá, pedantská a emočně zraněná Sybil v pravidelně vedené korespondenci s rodinou, přáteli, oblíbenými spisovateli i úplnými cizinci nepřímo odhaluje střípky ze své profesní minulosti, složité rodinné problémy, strach z nemohoucnosti ve stáří a nutkavou potřebu vědět, kdo jsme a kam patříme. Teď však hrozí, že ji o lásku k psaní připraví horšící se vada zraku. Když ji navíc dávná korespondence donutí znovu otevřít jedno z nejbolestivějších období jejího života, uvědomí si, že dopis, který píše už roky, je třeba konečně odeslat. A především najít ve svém srdci sílu k odpuštění. Dopisy od Sybil jsou jedinečným portrétem zdánlivě nenápadné ženy a upřímnou oslavou života v jeho celistvosti.
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Dopisy od Sybil
Dojemný román o psaní, paměti a odvaze odpustitSybil van Antwerpová je žena, která celý život hledala oporu ve slovech. Dopisy pro ni nebyly jen způsobem komunikace, ale také nástrojem, jak porozumět světu, druhým lidem i sobě samotné.
Teď je jí přes sedmdesát, za sebou má pozoruhodnou právnickou kariéru i nelehký rodinný život. Na první pohled může působit přísně, odtažitě a pedantsky, pod touto slupkou se ale skrývá žena plná zranění, pochybností a nevyřčených emocí.
Právě prostřednictvím korespondence s rodinou, přáteli, oblíbenými autory i neznámými lidmi se postupně skládá obraz jejího života. Z dopisů vystupují staré bolesti, komplikované vztahy, strach ze stáří i hluboká potřeba vědět, kdo vlastně jsme a kam patříme.
Když Sybil začne ztrácet zrak, hrozí jí, že přijde o to nejdůležitější – o možnost psát. A ve chvíli, kdy ji dávná korespondence přiměje znovu se vrátit k jednomu z nejbolestivějších období života, pochopí, že některé dopisy nestačí jen psát.
Některé je potřeba konečně odeslat.
Proč si knihu přečístsilný epistolární román vystavěný skrze dopisy a korespondencidojemný příběh o stáří, rodině, odpuštění a hledání smířenívýrazná a nezapomenutelná hlavní hrdinkacitlivá oslava psaní, paměti a lidské blízkostiKomu by se mohla líbitčtenářům intimních a emotivních románůmilovníkům knih psaných formou dopisůtěm, kteří hledají příběhy o vztazích, stáří a odpuštěníčtenářům, kteří mají rádi literárně laděné bestsellery s velkým srdcem
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The Correspondent
Every morning, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters – to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter. Because at seventy-three, Sybil has used her correspondence – witty and wise – to make sense of the world.
But beyond the page, she has spent the last thirty years keeping the people who love her at arms’ length... Until letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life. Now, Sybil must send the letter she has been writing for all these years - and find forgiveness within herself in order to move on.
The Correspondent
Every morning, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters - to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.
Because at seventy-three, Sybil has used her correspondence - witty and wise - to make sense of the world. But beyond the page, she has spent the last thirty years keeping the people who love her at arms' length... Until letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life.
Now, Sybil must send the letter she has been writing for all these years - and find forgiveness within herself in order to move on.
Sybil Van Antwerp's life of letters might be 'a very small thing', but she also might be one of the most memorable characters you will ever read.
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