Antigona and Me - Softcover

Clanchy, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330449338 ISBN 13: 9780330449335

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

‘Antigona,’ I said. ‘How would you feel if I wrote your life down in a book?’

‘Good,’ she said at once. ‘Good. And then a feature film, actually. Mini-series.’

One morning in London, two neighbours start to chat over the heads of their children. Kate Clanchy is a writer, privileged and sheltered, Antigona is a refugee from Kosovo. On instinct, Kate offers Antigona a job as a nanny, and Antigona, equally shrewdly, accepts. Over the next five years and a thousand cups of coffee Antigona’s extraordinary story slowly emerges. She has escaped from a war, she has divorced a violent husband, but can she escape the harsh code she was brought up with, the Kanun of Lek? At the kitchen table where anything can be said, the women discover they have everything, as well as nothing, in common.

‘Clanchy’s portrait of Antigona is wonderfully vivid, as are her reflections on her own complex feelings. A powerfully written, refreshingly honest work.’ Observer

About this title

About the Author:

Kate Clanchy was born and grew up in Scotland but now lives in England. She is a popular poet: her collections, Slattern, Samarkand and Newborn have brought her many literary awards and an unusually wide audience. She has also written extensively for Radio 4 and reviews and writes comment for the Guardian.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0330449338
• ISBN 13: 9780330449335
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 273