Título: Grief Is for People
Autor: Sloane Crosley
Sinopse: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, one of Vogue, Esquire, W, and Real Simple's Best Books of the Year So Far, and one of The Most Anticipated Books of the Year: TIME, The Washington Post, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Publishers Weekly, Paste, The Millions, Kirkus Reviews, Lit Hub, Real Simple, Nylon, BookPage, Book Riot, The Story Exchange, Sunset and Zibby Mag
Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley's memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend.
How do we live without the ones we love? Grief Is for People is a deeply moving and suspenseful portrait of friendship, and a book about loss that is profuse with life. Sloane Crosley is one of our most renowned observers of contemporary behavior, and now the pathos that has been ever present in her trademark wit is on full display. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in philosophy and art, hoping for a framework more useful than the unavoidable stages of grief.
For most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell worked together and played together as they navigated the corridors of office life, the literary world, and the dramatic cultural shifts in New York City. One day, Sloane's apartment is broken into. Along with her most prized possessions, the thief makes off with her sense of security, leaving a mystery in its place.
When Russell dies exactly one month later, his suicide propels Sloane on a wild quest to right the unrightable, to explore what constitutes family and possession as the city itself faces the staggering toll of the pandemic.
Sloane Crosley's search for truth is frank, darkly funny, and gilded with resounding empathy. Upending the "grief memoir," Grief Is for People is a category-defying story of the struggle to hold on to the past without being consumed by it. A modern elegy, it rises precisely to console and challenge our notions of mourning during these grief-stricken times.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Grief Is for People”, de Sloane Crosley, publicado pela editora MCD, em 2024 e com 208 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: MCD
Páginas: 208
Ano: 2024-02-27
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0374609845
ISBN13: 9780374609849
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora MCD costumam mergulhar em narrativas densas e marcantes, onde o psicológico e o social se entrelaçam com frequência. O catálogo apresenta obras que transitam entre o suspense sombrio, o thriller urbano e a ficção literária que explora identidades complexas e conflitos internos. Muitas histórias trazem personagens atormentados, seja por passados traumáticos, segredos familiares ou dilemas morais, criando um clima de tensão constante e envolvimento profundo. O tom varia entre o sombrio e o introspectivo, com uma linguagem que privilegia o detalhamento emocional e a construção de atmosferas carregadas. Há obras que adotam uma narrativa mais experimental e outras que mantêm um ritmo intenso e direto, revelando uma diversidade que desafia o leitor a navegar entre diferentes estilos e temas.
