検索キーワード： "Benjamin Myers" 大衆小説

Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patron saint of the North of England. Incorporating poetry, prose, play, diary and real historical accounts to create a novel like no other, Cuddy straddles historical eras – from the first Christian-slaying Viking invaders of the holy island of Lindisfarne in the 8th century to a contemporary England defined by class and austerity.

Dinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped with her feckless husband and useless son, her one release comes at her town’s Northern Soul nights, where she gets to put on her best and lose herself in the classics. Dinah has an especial hero: Bucky Bronco, who recorded a string of soul gems in the late Sixties and then vanished off the face of the earth. When she manages to contact Bucky she can’t believe her luck.

England, 1989. Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very different men—traumatised Falklands veteran Calvert and affable, chaotic Redbone—set out nightly in a clapped-out camper van to undertake an extraordinary project. Under cover of darkness, the two men traverse the fields of rural England in secret, forming crop circles in elaborate and mysterious patterns. As the summer wears on, and their designs grow ever more ambitious, the two men find that their work has become a cult international sensation.

In Male Tears, a debut collection of stories that brings together over 15 years of work, Benjamin Myers lays bare the male psyche in all its fragility, complexity and failure, its hubris and forbidden tenderness. Farmers, fairground workers and wandering pilgrims, gruesome gamekeepers, bare-knuckle boxers and ex-cons with secret passions, the men that populate these unsettling, wild and wistful stories form a multi-faceted, era-spanning portrait of just what it means to be a man.

1989 tauchen auf den immer noch großen Feldern im Süden Englands seltsame, kreisrunde Muster auf, mal in der Struktur einfach, mal aufwändig. Die wildesten Gerüchte machen die Runde. Manchen glauben an Jungenstreiche, andere an Außerirdische. Ungerührt von der Aufregung, die bald nicht nur England erfasst, verfolgen zwei junge Männer ihren Plan, den perfekten Kreis zu schaffen. Redbone und Calvert, beide versehrt durch Erlebnisse in ihrer Vergangenheit, lernen sich zufällig kennen und fühlen sofort eine innere Verbundenheit.

A mysterious sinister looking spot on his forearm troubles a retired executive and his physician assures him the spot is age related and harmless. Trusting a medical professional, the patient readily accepts the doctor's clichéd answers. A new primary care doctor is assigned to the patient and during his next appointment, he tells the doctor about his concern of the mysterious spot, which appears to be growing, and changing color. Upon examination, the doctor realizes the seriousness of the situation and then, further examination by a specialist confirms the worse, Stage III Melanoma.

Zwei Fremde, ein gemeinsamer Weg: der Überraschungsbestseller aus Frankreich über die heilende Kraft der Natur. "Begleitung für letzte Reise gesucht." Diese Anzeige gibt der 26-jährige Emile auf, als er eine unheilbare Diagnose bekommt. Seine letzten Monate möchte er nicht in Krankenhäusern verbringen, sondern in der Natur und in Freiheit. Zu seinem eigenen Erstaunen meldet sich Joanne auf seine Anzeige. Über ihre Gründe schweigt die junge Frau mit dem schwarzen Hut und nur einem Rucksack als Gepäck. Und so steigen beide in Emiles alten Caravan und fahren los.