Stuart Murdoch

Nobody's Empire (eBook, ePUB)

'Empathetic, funny and heartwarming.' Buzz Magazine

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'As memorable as it is moving.' The Times 'A marvellous coming of age novel.' ROBERT FORSTER 'His most personal work to date . . . poignant but also darkly humorous.' Irish Times, Lauren Murphy From the West Coast of Scotland to the West Coast of America, the life-affirming debut by the Belle & Sebastian frontman. Glasgow, early 1990s, and Stephen - music-loving romantic - has emerged from a hospital stay, diagnosed with ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a little-understood disease. He meets fellow strugglers, for whom the world seems to care less and less, and they form their own support group as they try to navigate their lives. Starting to write songs, albeit in a slow and fledgling way, Stephen wakes to the possibility of a spiritual and artistic life. Leaving Glasgow in search of the mythic warmth of California, he and his friend Richard float between hostels, sofas and park benches. Could the trip offer them both a new beginning?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571388110
• Artikelnr.: 70636427

Autorenporträt

Stuart Murdoch is the lead singer and songwriter for the iconic Glasgow-based band Belle and Sebastian. Since forming in the mid-1990s, the band has released twelve studio albums to high acclaim, including If You're Feeling Sinister and The Boy With the Arab Strap. In 2012 Murdoch scripted, composed, and directed the movie God Help the Girl. An outspoken advocate for sufferers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Murdoch is also an Ambassador for the Open Medicine Foundation working to promote awareness of ME/CFS.

Rezensionen

"Stuart has done something really special here: Nobody's Empire is a smart and tender depiction of a gestating artist's soul, told with real wit and pathos. It's a portrait of the artist as a young convalescent." - Colin Meloy, singer-songwriter of The Decemberists and author of Wildwood

"Nobody's Empire is as memorable as it is moving [and] is a bright spotlight on a condition left to moulder too long in the dark. It's a public service in print." - The Times (UK)

"You don't have to be an indie-pop fan to appreciate this compassionate, sweet, beautifully written novel. Murdoch proves he's as good a novelist as he is a musician." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A tender slice of autofiction...Nobody's Empire is mesmerizing in a low-key way, much like the music of Belle and Sebastian, and it leaves a smile on your face."
- Booklist (starred review)

"Murdoch's first novel is empathetic, funny and heartwarming." - Buzz Magazine

"[Murdoch's] most personal work to date [. . .] it's often poignant but also darkly humorous." - Irish Times

"The frontman of Belle & Sebastian recreates his younger years here in wonderfully limpid prose that looks at music and art and life and gives an insight into his struggles with ME." - The Scottish Herald

"Stuart Murdoch can write. He's made the transition from gifted songwriter to splendid author. 'Nobody's Empire' is a marvelous coming of age, come of wisdom, coming to California novel." - Robert Forster, singer-songwriter of The Go-Betweens and author of Grant & I: Inside and Outside the Go-Betweens

"A young man copes with chronic fatigue syndrome in Belle and Sebastian front man Stuart Murdoch's autobiographical debut novel, written with charming self-deprecation and winning petulance...Nobody's Empire can speak to anyone drawn to slay-the-dragon chronicles."
- Shelf Awareness

"Stuart Murdoch's mostly true novel about his chronic illness dazzles with indie charm...By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Nobody's Empire is a romantic world of possibility and youthful yearning." - Minnesota Star Tribune