Arrival
Also in Bulgarian as Пътна връв
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- The Indigo Press
- Published
- 24 February 2022
- Pages
- 268
- ISBN
- 978-1911648376
- Cover
- Luke Bird
An exploration of the ripple effects of domestic abuse on children, ARRIVAL follows the story of a young woman, fleeing her home country and trying to rebuild her life abroad, after suffering domestic violence from an alcoholic father.
Prompted by her therapist, the unnamed protagonist starts processing the abuse experienced in her childhood while also pondering what it means to be a mother when consumed by trauma. The book bends form to accommodate the narrator’s scattered mind and her attempt to assemble a version of herself through fragments and stitches of memories, borrowed conversations and minutiae that linger and haunt.
Despite grappling with heavy themes — trauma, rejection, cultural identity — the narrative is infused with love and determination, and depicts the ways we are resilient, capable of carving our own paths and reimagining our lives. It is holding within it a universal truth – of how our childhood experience affects the way we love, live and make sense of ourselves and others.
Praise
‘I read Arrival in one rapt gulp, urged on by its unnamed narrator’s need to flee her past, escape the confines of womanhood, and the stains of shame and guilt that keep repeating on her, like heartburn. The novel deals in life’s hard knocks, in trauma and deracination, but in langauge that is sensual, languid, feline, snaking with double meaning and sly humour. Like an Sigrid Nunez novel, Arrival seems to be about everything, its canvas expanding and contracting, allowing the story’s particulars to echo far and wide.’
‘A powerful tale about love, domestic violence, motherhood, escape, and arrival on many levels, written with sensuality and poetic force.’
‘Arrival is a book made up of fragments – fragments of love, motherhood, abuse and marriage – which form an intriguing and moving kaleidoscope narrative. A jagged, beautifully written novel which explores the shattering impact of abuse and how the past shapes the present.’
Where to order
Other editions and translations are on the Books shelf.
Пътна връв
Българско издание на Arrival
- Език
- български
- Издател
- ИК Жанет 45
- Година
- 2025
- Страници
- 304
- Превод
- Ана Пипева
- Редактор
- Ангел Игов
- Корица
- Люба Халева
„Пътна връв” е фин, въздействащ роман за последствията от семейното насилие върху децата през погледа на жена, напуснала родината си, която се опитва да изгради нов живот. С помощта на терапия, тя започва да осмисля преживяното и да търси отговори: как да бъде майка, когато още носи вината на своите родители? Това е роман за наследените истории и способността ни да ги съчиним наново.
Отзиви
Силен, многопластов разказ за любовта, домашното насилие, майчинството, бягството и спасението, написан с чувственост и поетична сила.
Суров, красиво написан роман, който изследва унищожителните последствия на насилието и как миналото оформя настоящето.
Важна история, разказана в ярка и изящна проза. Ще се връщам към този роман отново и отново.
Пътна връв е разказ за израстването и изцелението. Четенето на тази книга боли, но и ни носи надежда за несломимостта на човешкия дух.