Bücher von Clare Pollard

»Ein kluger, warmer und witziger Roman.« The Guardian Eine herzzerreißend nahbare, blitzgescheite und komische Momentaufnahme einer brüchigen Zeit: Mitten im Londoner Lockdown findet die Ich-Erzählerin Zuspruch in der Welt der Weissagungen, der antiken Orakel, der Tarotkarten und Teeblätter. Aber je weiter sie in die Zukunft blickt, desto mehr verliert sie den Anschluss an die Gegenwart und an die Menschen, die ihr nahestehen. »Delphi« ist zugleich das tragikomische Porträt einer Frau, die sich und ihre Familie zurückerobern muss.  »Clare Pollard destilliert das schwer Fassbare unserer Gegenwart.« THE NEW YORK TIMES    >Delphi< spannt einen Bogen zwischen beidem.« THE OBSERVER

'Delphi is a compact miracle of a book' Evie Wyld, author of The Bass Rock'Bold, brave and uncompromising, Pollard has found a way to write about the last couple of years which is both truthful and enjoyable to read, which I didn't think was possible' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of Everyone is Still Alive'Dark and dangerous, disturbed and disturbing in equal measure - I loved it' Anna Hope, author of Expectation'I am sick of the future. Up to here with the future. I don't want anything to do with it; don't want it near me' It is 2020 and in a time more turbulent than any of us could have ever imagined, a woman is attempting to write a book about prophecy in the ancient world.Navigating the tightening grip of lockdown, a marriage in crisis, and a ten-year-old son who seems increasingly unreachable, she becomes fixated on our many forms of divination and prediction: on oracles, tarot cards and tea leaves and the questions we have always asked as we scroll and click and rage against our fates. But in doing so she fails to notice the future creeping into the heart of her own home. For despite our best intentions - our sacrifices and our bargains with the gods - time, certainty and, sometimes, those we love, can still slip away ...Heartbreakingly relatable and achingly funny Delphi is both a snapshot and a time capsule, deftly capturing our pasts, our presents, and how we keep on going in a world that is ever more uncertain and absurd.