Douglas Stuart

A principios de los ochenta, Glasgow agoniza: la que fuera una próspera ciudad minera se ve ahora azotada por las políticas de Thatcher, que empujan a las familias al desempleo y el desaliento. Agnes Bain es una mujer bellisima y sin suerte que siempre soño con alcanzar una vida mejor: una casa bonita y una felicidad que no tuviera que pagar a plazos. Cuando su marido, un taxista expansivo y mujeriego, la abandona por otra, Agnes se ve sola a cargo de tres hijos en un barrio sumido en la miseria y la decepcion, hundiendose mas y mas en el pozo sin fondo de la bebida. Sus hijos haran lo posible por salvarla, pero, obligados ellos mismos a salir adelante, acabaran por rendirse uno a uno. Todos menos Shuggie, el hijo menor, el unico que se niega a ceder, el que con su amor incondicional mantiene a flote a Agnes.A Shuggie, un niño sensible, amanerado y un tanto redicho, le mortifica que los hijos de los mineros se rian de el y que los adultos lo tachen de distinto, pero, testarudo como es, tambien esta convencido de que si se esfuerza al maximo conseguira ser tan normal como los demas chicos y lograra ayudar a su madre a escapar de este lugar sin esperanza.Ganadora del prestigioso Premio Booker, Historia de Shuggie Bain es una novela tierna y devastadora sobre la pobreza y los limites del amor, una narracion que, con su compasiva mirada a la dolorosa lucha de una mujer contra la adiccion, la frustracion y la soledad, se erige en un emocionante homenaje a la fe inquebrantable de un hijo decidido a salvar a su madre cueste lo que cueste.El mejor debut que he leido en muchos años. Una historia desgarradora escrita con una enorme calidez y una gran compasion por sus personajes.Karl Ove Knausgrd, The Guardian ¿Como puede el amor ser a un tiempo tan poderoso y tan infructuoso? Es muy posible que aquellos lectores que logren contener las lagrimas hasta el final se vengan abajo al leer la primera frase de los agradecimientos. La fuerza emotiva de este libro te parte el alma.Kirkus Un libro que nos deja vapuleados y maravillados: la vida puede ser corta, pero es eterna.Leah Hager Cohen, The New York Times Book Review El debut mas celebrado del año... Ha sido comparado con D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce y Frank McCourt.Alexandra Alter, The New York Times Una primera novela que se lee como una obra maestra.Bethanne Patrick, The Washington Post

REGRESA EL GANADOR DEL PREMIO BOOKER POR HISTORIA DE SHUGGIE BAIN «Un lugar para Mungo lo confirma: Douglas Stuart es un genio».Ron Charles, The Washington Post «Un puñetazo directo al corazón».Publi

The extraordinary, powerful second novel from the Booker prizewinning author of Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James. Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgows housing estates where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation. They should be sworn enemies if theyre to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the doocot that James has built for his prize racing pigeons.As they begin to fall in love, they dream of escaping the grey city, and Mungo must work hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his elder brother Hamish, a local gang leader with a brutal reputation to uphold. But the threat of discovery is constant and the punishment unspeakable. When Mungos mother sends him on a fishing trip to a loch in Western Scotland, with two strange men behind whose drunken banter lie murky pasts, he needs to summon all his inner strength and courage to get back to a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future. Imbuing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism, Douglas Stuarts Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the meaning of masculinity, the push and pull of family, the violence faced by so many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much.

Una història de frustració, addicció i amor incondicional.Als anys vuitanta a Glasgow, antigament una ciutat minera pròspera, les polítiques de Thatcher fan disparar la desocupació i les famílies es

Romance de estreia do autor escocês Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain foi o grande vencedor do Man Booker Prize, um dos mais reputados prémios literários internacionais.Uma história comovente sobre o hero

Do autor de Shuggie Bain, romance vencedor do Booker Prize, chega a bela e perigosa história do primeiro amor entre dois rapazes.Aos quinze anos, Mungo vive num bairro operário de Glasgow, no seio de uma familia protestante. Sem pai, com uma me alcoolica e um irmo que representa tudo o que ele odeia, a irm Jodie e o unico amparo. Adolescente com uma sensibilidade diferente da dos rapazes que o rodeiam, encontra em James, rapaz catolico, um amigo improvavel.Depois de um conflito familiar, a me decide enviar Mungo numa viagem de pescaria com dois desconhecidos: a ideia e que façam dele um homem como deve ser. No caminho para um lago no Oeste da Escocia, com os dois homens de passado obscuro, Mungo so pensa em regressar para junto do amigo James, o unico lugar onde pode ser quem e.Os dois rapazes vivem uma historia de amor ensombrada por um ambiente violento e excessivamente masculinizado. A principal ameaça esta dentro de portas: Hamish, irmo de Mungo, e lider de um gangue local, e a descoberta da verdade resultaria num castigo inominavel.Com sensibilidade e lirismo, Douglas Stuart apresenta-nos ao intenso e perigoso primeiro amor de dois adolescentes, numa narrativa to lucida quanto comovente sobre os limites da masculinidade, os grilhes da familia, a violencia social e o perigo de se amar alguem desmedidamente.Os elogios da critica:O amor e a esperança superam as barreiras religiosas, num romance intenso, arrojado e emocionalmente exigente. [] Se o primeiro livro anunciou Douglas Stuart como um romancista promissor, este confirma o seu prodigioso talento.The GuardianEis a confirmaço de que Douglas Stuart e um genio. [] A historia de um despertar romantico e sexual no meio de uma violencia horrenda.The Washington PostStuart escreve maravilhosamente, com um apurado sentido para o lirismo dos mal-amados e das pessoas comuns.The New York Times Book ReviewA historia comovente e terna de um rapaz que encontra outro rapaz igual a si, num bairro sombrio de Glasgow. [] Soberbo.The TimesDouglas Stuart esta de volta, preparem os vossos coraçes. [] Um lugar para Mungo e de novo um romance belo e enternecedor, um Romeu e Julieta gay, que decorre no mundo terrivel dos bairros sociais de uma cidade.ObserverUma escrita de transcendente beleza.The Financial TimesA classe trabalhadora da decada de 1980 em Glasgow e novamente o cenario do romance que sucede a Shuggie Bain. Ai tem lugar a violencia, o tribalismo religioso, a depresso economica, as lealdades ferozes e os designios fatalistas. [] As historias de Um lugar para Mungo acabam por convergir de forma explosiva, revelando todo o horror e pathos, numa experiencia de leitura arrebatadora.The Wall Street JournalDouglas Stuart brilha em territorio que lhe e familiar, e escreve de forma impressionante sobre amor, brutalidade, força e coragem.NewsweekUm estudo excruciante de como a violencia gera violencia, e uma devastadora historia de como as vitimas se transformam em agressores. [] A escrita de Stuart e magnifica.The Boston GlobePoucos romanc...

BOOKER PRIZE 2020 - Glasgow, années 1980, sous le règne de fer de Margaret Thatcher. Agnes Bain rêvait d'une belle maison bien à elle, d'un jardin et d'un homme qui l'aime. A la place, son dernier ma

REGRESA EL GANADOR DEL PREMIO BOOKER POR HISTORIA DE SHUGGIE BAIN«Un lugar para Mungo lo confirma: Douglas Stuart es un genio».Ron Charles,TheWashington Post«Un puñetazo directo al corazón».Publisher

REGRESA EL GANADOR DEL PREMIO BOOKER POR HISTORIA DE SHUGGIE BAIN«Un lugar para Mungo lo confirma: Douglas Stuart es un genio».Ron Charles,TheWashington Post«Un puñetazo directo al corazón».Publisher

A principios de los ochenta, Glasgow agoniza: la que fuera una próspera ciudad minera se ve ahora azotada por las políticas de Thatcher, que empujan a las familias al desempleo y el desaliento. Agnes Bain es una mujer bellisima y sin suerte que siempre soño con alcanzar una vida mejor: una casa bonita y una felicidad que no tuviera que pagar a plazos. Cuando su marido, un taxista expansivo y mujeriego, la abandona por otra, Agnes se ve sola a cargo de tres hijos en un barrio sumido en la miseria y la decepcion, hundiendose mas y mas en el pozo sin fondo de la bebida. Sus hijos haran lo posible por salvarla, pero, obligados ellos mismos a salir adelante, acabaran por rendirse uno a uno. Todos menos Shuggie, el hijo menor, el unico que se niega a ceder, el que con su amor incondicional mantiene a flote a Agnes. A Shuggie, un niño sensible, amanerado y un tanto redicho, le mortifica que los hijos de los mineros se rian de el y que los adultos lo tachen de distinto, pero, testarudo como es, tambien esta convencido de que si se esfuerza al maximo conseguira ser tan normal como los demas chicos y lograra ayudar a su madre a escapar de este lugar sin esperanza.Ganadora del prestigioso Premio Booker, Historia de Shuggie Bain es una novela tierna y devastadora sobre la pobreza y los limites del amor, una narracion que, con su compasiva mirada a la dolorosa lucha de una mujer contra la adiccion, la frustracion y la soledad, se erige en un emocionante homenaje a la fe inquebrantable de un hijo decidido a salvar a su madre cueste lo que cueste.

Prepare your hearts, for Douglas Stuart is back. After the extraordinary success of Shuggie Bain, his second novel, Young Mungo, is another beautiful and moving book, a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgows housing estates. ObserverI wasn't sure Young Mungo could live up to Shuggie Bain, but it surpasses it. Deeply harrowing but gently infused with hope & love. And so exquisitely written. It's a joy to watch, in real time, as Douglas Stuart takes his place as one of the greats of Scottish literature. -- Nicola Sturgeon

Una història commovedora sobre el significat de la masculinitat. En Mungo, de família protestant, i en James, de família catòlica, viuen atrapats entre dos barris de Glasgow, on els joves de classe

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo. 'John of John has the emotional range and sense of sympathy of his earlier books, but this book is special, it has an urgency, an immediacy, a brilliant sense of place, the drama of fierce emotion repressed, concealed and volcanically exposed' - Colm Toibin 'To read John of John is to move to the Isle of Harris and take up residence in the family croft. The novel is so immersive, so all-encompassing, that I felt like I was living in it. Douglas Stuart has written something brilliant and rare' - Ann Patchett Out of money and with little to show for his art school education, John-Calum Macleod takes the ferry home to the island of Harris to find that not much has changed except for him. In the windswept croft where he grew up, Cal resumes his old life, caught between the two poles of his childhood: his father John, a sheep farmer, weaver, and pillar of their local Presbyterian church, and his Glaswegian grandmother Ella, who has kept a faltering peace with her son-in-law for decades. While Cal wonders if any lonely men might be found on the barren hillsides of home, John is dismayed by his son's long hair and how he seems unwilling to be Saved. As the seasons pass, everything is poised to change as the threads holding together the fragile community become increasingly entangled. John of John is the heartbreaking story of a young man's return home and how the bonds of family life are torn by the weight of expectation. It confirms Douglas Stuart as one of the great British writers at work today.

It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest.Shuggie is different. Fastidious and fussy, he shares his mothers sense of snobbish propriety. The miners' children pick on him and adults condemn him as no right. But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place.Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride. A counterpart to the privileged Thatcher-era London of Alan Hollinghursts The Line of Beauty, it also recalls the work of Edouard Louis, Frank McCourt, and Hanya Yanagihara, a blistering debut by a brilliant writer with a powerful and important story to tell.

1981. Glasgow. The city is dying. Poverty is on the rise. People watch the lives they had hoped for disappear from view. Agnes Bain had always expected more. She dreamed of greater things: a house with its own front door, a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect but false teeth). When her philandering husband leaves, she and her three children find themselves trapped in a mining town decimated by Thatcherism. As Agnes increasingly turns to alcohol for comfort, her children try their best to save her. Yet one by one they have to abandon her in order to save themselves.It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest. But Shuggie has problems of his own: despite all his efforts to pass as a normal boy, everyone has decided that Shuggie is no right. Agnes wants to support and protect her son, but her addiction has the power to eclipse everyone close to her, including her beloved Shuggie.Laying bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride, Shuggie Bain is a blistering and heartbreaking debut, and an exploration of the unsinkable love that only children can have for their damaged parents.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh Shuggie Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatchers policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the citys notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings.