Aurelia, Aurelia
- 128 pages
- 5 hours of reading
A memoir centered on the death of the author's husband forms a study on the joys and frustrations of their marriage, the passage of time, and how life and imagination influence each other.
Kathryn Davis is an American novelist whose works are characterized by a unique style and a profound insight into the human psyche. She often dedicates her writing to exploring complex interpersonal relationships and unraveling hidden motivations. Her approach is introspective, as she delves into the inner worlds of her characters, revealing their hopes, fears, and desires. Davis thus offers readers compelling literary experiences that resonate long after they are finished.





A memoir centered on the death of the author's husband forms a study on the joys and frustrations of their marriage, the passage of time, and how life and imagination influence each other.
"Utterly compelling . . . Davis writes with a stunning brilliance, creating fractured worlds that are both extraordinary and routine." —The Boston Globe "A coming-of-age-meets-dystopian-fantasy-meets-alternate-reality novel, or maybe an Ionesco-meets-Beckett-meets-Oulipo novel . . . The world [Duplex] describes has gone cuckoo while its characters' anxieties remain stubbornly, drably, daringly familiar." —Tom Bissell, Harper's Magazine "Enchanting . . . Hums beautifully to its own rhythm. It's a series of dreamlike, often erotic, images and interconnected plot lines that . . . swell to create an intoxicating atmosphere." —Slate "For fans of the fantastical, Davis's writing style is a glass of ice-cold water in today's desert of conventional fiction." —Star Tribune (Minneapolis) "[I fell] in love with Davis's writing . . . I'm grateful for every word . . . When you are lost in the uncanny woods of this astonishing, double-hinged book, just keep reading, and remember to look up. Kathryn Davis knows right where you are." —Lynda Barry, The New York Times Book Review "Reading this book is a blast . . . Duplex is a traditional love story tucked inside an adult fairy tale, wrapped in science fiction . . . Thankfully, the laws of quantum mechanics do not power Duplex's magnetism. Instead, it is Davis's beautiful prose, her psychological awareness." —Rosecrans Baldwin, NPR, All Things Considered
«Il luogo sottile», secondo la mitologia celtica, è quello in cui si fa più cedevole la membrana fra il mondo fisico e quello spirituale; in questo romanzo originalissimo e affabulatorio, il luogo sottile è Varennes, piccolo centro attorno a un lago del New England dove si intrecciano le vite e le voci di un coro di personaggi: la giovane Mees, che scopre all’improvviso di avere il potere di restituire la vita a ciò che è morto, le sue amiche sul limitare dell’adolescenza, le anziane (ma tutt’altro che spente) signore della casa di riposo, un impenitente dongiovanni di mezza età, due minacciosi sconosciuti che turbano la quiete della cittadina (e saranno protagonisti di un drammatico finale) – ma anche i cani e i gatti degli abitanti, i castori che popolano il lago, perfino i licheni e i fiori che ne ricoprono le sponde. Un microcosmo brulicante di vita – misteriosa, paradossale, a volte violenta – che Kathryn Davis sa ritrarre con la maestria di una scrittrice già «classica».