Cory Taylor established herself as an award-winning screenwriter before transitioning to writing short fiction and children's books. Her novels delve into the complexities of human relationships and the intricacies of the psyche with profound insight. Taylor's style is marked by its precision and her skill in capturing subtle emotional and psychological nuances. Her literary contributions are valued for their depth and imaginative exploration of the human condition.
"Focusing on German society immediately following the First World War, this vivid historical narrative explains how fake news and political uproar influenced Hitler and put him on the path toward dictatorial power"--
I was blinded by his beauty. In the one or two photographs I’ve kept of him I can still see it. He stares out of them almost miserably, as if his loveliness is an affliction. Not that I saw it that way, at least not in the beginning. In the beginning I thought it was a kind of miracle.Arthur Wheeler is haunted by his infatuation with a Japanese youth he encountered in the enemy alien camp where he worked as a guard during WW2. Abandoning his wife and baby son, Arthur sets out on a doomed mission to rescue his lover from forced deportation back to Japan, a country in ruins.Thus begins the secret history of a soldier at war with his own sexuality and dangerously at odds with the racism that underpins the crumbling British Empire.Four decades later Arthur is still obsessed with the traumatic events of his youth. He proposes a last reunion with his lost lover, in the hope of laying his ghosts to rest, but this mission too seems doomed to failure.Like Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and Snow Falling On Cedars, My Beautiful Enemy explores questions of desire and redemption against the background of a savage racial war. In this context, Arthur’s private battles against his own nature, and against the conventions of his time, can only end in heartache.
Unsparing in its insights and observations, breathtaking in its courage and generosity. A thing of lightness and beauty Guardian
Looking back, Martha could’ve said no when Mr Booker first tried to kiss her. That would’ve been the sensible thing to do. But Martha is sixteen, she lives in a small dull town—a cemetery with lights—her father is mad, her home is stifling, and she’s waiting for the rest of her life to begin. Of course Martha would kiss the charming Englishman who brightened her world with style, adventure, whiskey, cigarettes and sex. But Martha didn’t count on the consequences. Me and Mr Booker is a story about feeling old when you’re young and acting young when you’re not.
2015 erfährt die australische Schriftstellerin Cory Taylor, dass sie nicht mehr lange zu leben hat. In nur wenigen Wochen verfasste sie dieses Buch, das kurz vor ihrem Tod 2016 erschien. Auf bemerkenswerte Weise reflektiert sie über den Sinn der Zeit, die ihr noch bleibt. Sie lässt uns teilhaben an ihrer Erfahrung, was das Sterben sie gelehrt hat. Der universellen Frage über ein Leben nach dem Tod begegnet sie als nichtreligiöser Mensch in einer sie selbst überraschenden spirituellen Form. Sie erfasst die transformative Kraft des Prozesses, in dem sie sich befindet, und es gelingt ihr, sich diesem kreativ und ehrlich zu stellen. Cory Taylor hat uns allen mit diesem Buch etwas Wertvolles geschenkt. Klug, schlicht und zutiefst weise sind ihre Gedanken über das Sterben, die zugleich eine Hymne an das Leben sind.
Nel 2005, poco prima del suo cinquantesimo compleanno, i medici le tolgono un neo dalla gamba destra. Melanoma, quarto stadio. Poi le metastasi, l’intervento al cervello, la diagnosi fatale. Cory Taylor ha sessant’anni e ormai pesa meno di un cane: sta morendo di cancro. Ma mentre il suo corpo svanisce Cory riesce nel più arduo dei compiti: descrivere l’esperienza del morire, l’esperienza di sapere che presto la propria vita avrà fine. Composto in poche settimane, Morire è il libretto aureo che contiene tutto ciò che la morte può insegnare alla vita. È una riflessione sull’esistenza, il ricordo di un vissuto, una meditazione sul nulla ma anche, anzi soprattutto, un grandioso tributo alla vita.
Vaše matka zemřela na Alzheimerovu demenci v domě s pečovatelskou službou. V posledních týdnech vás už nepoznávala a byla mimo tento svět. Na její pohled trýzněného zvířete, když jí ošetřovatelky měnily plenu, nikdy nezapomenete. Také váš otec dožil v pečovatelském domě. Umíral sám, dávno jste se odcizili. S bratrem jste si nerozuměli ani jako děti. Na obřad uložení popela přinesl matčinu urnu v igelitce s reklamou módní značky. Se sestrou jste se snažili o pohřební rituály, ale výsledkem byly jen trapné rozpaky. Ulevilo se vám, když jste to měli za sebou. A pak vám řekli, že máte rakovinu, melanom v posledním stadiu, a jistojistě zemřete. Co uděláte? Australská spisovatelka Cory Taylorová odložila nedopsaný román a během pár týdnů před smrtí napsala tuto knihu. Bez patosu a sentimentu, dokonce s humorem popisuje rozporuplné pocity z umírání a smrti, bilancuje život s japonským manželem, uvažuje o vlastní identitě a vzpomíná na své rodiče. Její upřímná zpověď se netýká žádných výjimečných věcí – to, co v životě prožívala ona, prožíváme nebo jednou budeme alespoň zčásti prožívat všichni.
