Root Leaf Flower Fruit - Bill Nelson

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Résumé :
A woman lies helpless after a stroke, her family gathered. Her grandson, healing slowly from a head injury after coming off his bike, takes leave from his job and family to prepare her rundown house and farm for sale. As he works, he sifts through what remains of his grandmother's daily life. Then, after an auction result for which he was not prepared, and echoing her desperate flight years earlier, his uncertain return leads to a haunting and unguessable destination. Root Leaf Flower Fruit is a verse novel about slow time - the turning of the seasons, the farming of land, the generations of a family - and about sudden, devastating interruptions.

Biographie:
Bill Nelson's first book of poetry was Memorandum of Understanding (2016). His poems have appeared in Best New Zealand Poems, Sport, Landfall, Hue & Cry, Shenandoah, The Spinoff, Minarets and The 4th Floor, as well as in dance performances and art galleries and on posters. In 2009 he won the Biggs Family Prize in Poetry from the International Institute of Modern Letters, and he is a founding editor of Up Country: A Journal for the NZ Outdoors. He lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara with his partner and two children, and his dog, Callimachus Bruce.

Sommaire:

A poignant verse novel exploring family, memory, and the healing power of nature.

After a stroke leaves his grandmother helpless, a grandson returns to her rundown New Zealand farm to prepare it for sale. As he sifts through her belongings, he uncovers family secrets and confronts his own past traumas. The auction's unexpected outcome sends him on a journey of self-discovery, echoing his grandmother's earlier desperate flight.

Root Leaf Flower Fruit is a moving exploration of slow time, the turning seasons, and the enduring bonds of family. For readers who enjoy contemporary literature, verse novels, and stories of personal transformation set against the backdrop of rural life.