Publisher: Faber & Faber ISBN: 9780571340996 Number of pages: 336 Weight: 260 g Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 18 mm Edition: Main You may also be interested in. It is, also against all the odds, at times a desperately humorous novel.' Daily Mail Over the course of this tender and bittersweet novel, Elf tours the world while Yoli stays put, has two kids with two different men but stays with neither of. Though there are some underdeveloped aspects (their upbringing in a Mennonite household, Yolis experience of motherhood), the novel is a triumph in its depiction of the love the. ' has produced a masterly book of such precise dignity. Shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2015Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2015Sunday Times Top Choice Summer ReadA SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE. The prose throughout the book is lively and original and moves along at a steady clip. Elf (Elfrieda) and Yoli (Yolandi) are sisters and best friends. 'The novel she has written - so exquisitely that you'll want to savour every word - reads as if it has been wrenched from her heart.' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times So if you're thinking a book called All My Puny Sorrows is going to be a bit of a downer, you're definitely right, but the talent of Miriam Toews is definitely something to behold despite the harrowing nature of the book. When Elf's latest suicide attempt leaves her hospitalised weeks before her highly anticipated world tour, Yoli is forced to confront the impossible question of whether it is better to let a loved one go. Yoli is divorced, broke, sleeping with the wrong men: she desperately wants to keep her older sister alive. Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2015Ī SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYĮlf and Yoli are two smart, loving sisters.Įlf is a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, happily married: she wants to die.
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