The Water Theatre
by Lindsay Clarke
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Pub Date Sep 04 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
New York Review Books | NYRB LIT
Description
Haunted by memories and visions of both his professional past and a love gone awry, war reporter Martin Crowther arrives in the small village Fontalba, in Italy's Umbrian Hills. He is there to search for the adult children of his mentor, Hal Brigshaw. Living in England, Brigshaw is nearing the end of a turbulent life and wants to summon his children home. The children, Marina and Adam, are living in familial exile and estrangement, hidden from their pasts in what was originally meant to be an Italian vacation home. But the pasts from which Marina and Adam have run are more present than anyone knows.
The Water Theatre interweaves the past and the present, travelling from the raw Pennine moors to equatorial Africa and the hill country of Umbria. An extraordinary reading experience that--in its depiction of an innocent drawn into a fascinating circle, its decades-long will-they-won't-they-end-up-together romance, its exploration of weighty issues of loyalty and loss, betrayal and reconciliation and the nature of choice—evokes John Fowles's two most brilliant novels, The Magus and Daniel Martin.
Advance Praise
"With his intense, poetic prose, his ability to dovetail the imaginative with the down-to-earth, and his sparkling observation of the natural world, Lindsay Clarke is an exceptional writer." —New Statesman
"The compelling story and big themes are matched by exquisite, lyrical prose…. The Water Theatre will linger long beyond the turning of the last page. It is difficult to remember a recent book that is at once so beautiful and yet so thought-provoking. Small wonder that it took some 15 years to write." —The Times, London
"Bold, tenacious characters and vivid, distinct landscapes giveThe Water Theatre a strong hold on the imagination as Clarke skilfully draws out the betrayals searing his characters’ lives." —The Financial Times
"It is a rare pleasure and surprise to read a new book whose prose is so rich and emotionally resonant… Lindsay Clarke has an enviable command of character, time, and place. He is almost Lawrentian in his ability to depict both the power and beauty of landscape, and tender or tragically fraught emotional relationships… This is a significant and ambitious work by a master of his craft." —The Independent
"Speaking of writers fulfilling their early promise, Lindsay Clarke’s complex, involving novel The Water Theatre is every bit as good as his stunning debut, The Chymical Wedding…. This is a richly involving and rewarding work." —Erica Wagner, Best Books of the Year, The Times, UK
"Full of mysticism, sex, spiritual quests and vagrant petals tossed wantonly upon the stream of life…deserves the widest possible audience." —D. J. Taylor, The Spectator
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781590176504 |
| PRICE | $9.99 (USD) |
