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The most recent work of fiction by John Fraser, hailed as 'the most original novelist of our time' by the distinguished poet and Whitbread Award winner John Fuller, Sisters is a contemporary reworking of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.The protagonist, Masha, a young woman with a rich MiddleEastern culture, is forced by war to leave her country, her sisters, and even change her name. Abandoning her training as ... Full description
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The most recent work of fiction by John Fraser, hailed as 'the most original novelist of our time' by the distinguished poet and Whitbread Award winner John Fuller, Sisters is a contemporary reworking of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.The protagonist, Masha, a young woman with a rich MiddleEastern culture, is forced by war to leave her country, her sisters, and even change her name. Abandoning her training as a surgeon, she is involved in an innovative scientific venture - superconductors. Intrigued by the philosophical aspects of her work - energy, time and distance - she seeks new 'sisters' and tries to assert herself in the unfamiliar cultures and human projects she encounters. After many adventures she finds two sisters in an idyllic tree house, but provokes the accidental death of one of them. She follows the other sister to a utopian commune in Brazil - but the group is in effervescence and conflict. The two take refuge on an island, involved in illicit chemistry this time - but there are conflicts with the native inhabitants. She meets up with a predatory dealer in cultural artefacts, and this ends badly. Her relation with a musician who pushes her to political celebrity also ends badly. She tries reconciliation with her 'sister', who has chosen a 'primitive' lifestyle, 'back to the forest....' In the end she's taken up by Irene, who is occupied in a big house with a laboratory equipped for research in space travel. She finds affection, but in an echo of the Chekhovian theme which runs through the plot, the train which promises escape in the Cherry Orchard finds an ironic resonance in the expedient of space travel and re-location.
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| Author | John Fraser |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Aesop Publications |
| Release year | 2017 |
| Cover type | Hardcover |
| EAN | 9781910301388 |