I’ve to confess I haven’t learn all that a lot Shakespeare, so once I hear {that a} present work of fiction is a retelling of one among his classics, I’m not mechanically inquisitive about selecting it up simply on the premise of that. However Julia Armfield is one among my favourite modern authors — please take a look at her brief story assortment, salt sluggish, and her debut novel, Our Wives Beneath the Sea — so her new e-book, described as a speculative reimagining of King Lear, was an instantaneous buy for me. In Personal Rites, the world is underwater and it rains endlessly. Society has constructed upward to outlive, thanks largely to the designs of 1 revered architect. However he’s sort of a horrible particular person. When he dies, his estranged daughters are introduced collectively, and it’s a sophisticated reunion.
Personal Ceremony follows the sisters, Isla, Irene and Agnes, within the aftermath of their father’s loss of life as they uncover darkish household secrets and techniques whereas grappling with their very own interpersonal points. And, that is all occurring at a time that’s principally the tip of the world. It’s superbly written, with a haunting, melancholic tone that immediately attracts you in.
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