Lori & Joe
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- Paperback published on 04/04/2023
- Page count: 120 pages
- ISBN: 9781913513399
Quick take
Taking place over the course of a single day, yet revealing the secrets of a marriage of many decades, Lori & Joe is a sparse, intimate and deeply moving story of entrapment and isolation, and of a life in which desire is continually overcome by inertia: nothing changes and nothing is ever (re)solved.
Synopsis
Lori and Joe have lived in the Lake District for many years, in a quiet valley where one day is much like another. Bringing Joe his regular cup of coffee one morning, Lori finds him dead. She could call an ambulance, but what difference would it make? Instead, she heads out for a walk over the fells. As she makes her way through the November fog, Lori's thoughts slip between past and present, revealing a marriage marked by isolation, childlessness and a terrible secret she's never disclosed. Arnold's musical prose merges form and content to express what cannot be communicated through language alone.
About the author
Amy Arnold is a British author. In 2018 her debut novel Slip of a Fish was awarded the Northern Book Prize and subsequently published by And Other Stories. In 2019, it was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. Her second novel, Lori & Joe, was shortlisted for the same prize in 2023.
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