juliet naked

koca nick'in yeni romani "juliet naked" eylul sonuna dogru raflardaki yerini aliyor. tabii bu raflar, amerika'da ve ingiltere'de. oncede "eger oralara yolu dusecek bir arkadasiniz varsa parfum yerine kitap siparisi verin" derdim ama, simdi elinizin altinda internet var ve dolayisiyla nasil isterseniz oyle yapin, beni ilgilendirmiyor. keci gibi inatci, yasli ve alkolik bir adam olsaydim, son cumleyi "caniniz cehenneme" diye bitirirdim. sel yayinlarinin; telifiydi, cevirisiydi, baskisiydi... turkiye'de yayinlanmasi herhalde yilbasini bulacaktir.

kisisel olcekte, hornby, butun kitaplarini ve pek cok makalesini okudugum nadir, omur boyu okumaktan sikilmayacagima inandigim yegane yazar olma niteligini tasiyor ve bu unvani uzun sure kaybetmeyecege benziyor. bir ara, eger ki usenmezsem, bir hornby incelemesi yazmak istiyorum.

simdilik heyecani biraz olsun yukseltmek adina, size UK ve US baskilari icin hazirlanan kapak tasarimlarini, ayrica kitaba iliskin kisa bir synopsis'i sunuyorum. keyifli okumalar efe'm.

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ve synopsis:

Annie loves Duncan—or thinks she does. Duncan loves Annie, but then, all of a sudden, he doesn’t. Duncan really loves Tucker Crowe, a reclusive Dylanish singer-songwriter who stopped making music ten years ago. Annie stops loving Duncan, and starts getting her own life. In doing so, she initiates an e-mail correspondence with Tucker, and a connection is forged between two lonely people who are looking for more out of what they’ve got. Tucker’s been languishing (and he’s unnervingly aware of it), living in rural Pennsylvania with what he sees as his one hope for redemption amid a life of emotional and artistic ruin—his young son, Jackson. But then there’s also the new material he’s about to release to the world: an acoustic, stripped-down version of his greatest album, Juliet—entitled, Juliet, Naked.

What happens when a washed-up musician looks for another chance? And miles away, a restless, childless woman looks for a change? Juliet, Naked is a powerfully engrossing, humblingly humorous novel about music, love, loneliness, and the struggle to live up to one’s promise.

(Riverhead Book, sonhabar 2009 katalogundan)