Elaine Kraf I Am Clarence review, recensie en informatie over de inhoud van de Amerikaanse roman uit 1969. Op deze pagina lees je uitgebreide informatie over de roman I Am Clarence van Elaine Kraf, de uit Verenigde Staten afkomstige schrijfster en schilder. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling verkrijgbaar.
Elaine Kraf I Am Clarence recensie en review
- “Elaine Kraf is one of literature’s hidden gems. Her work demands a place on your bookshelf right next to Plath and Ditlevsen.” (Sarah Rose Etter)
- “Funny, disarming and frequently ruthless.” (The New York Times)
I Am Clarence
- Auteur: Elaine Kraf (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: Amerikaanse roman uit 1969
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Penguin Classics
- Verschijnt 10 juli 2025
- Omvang: 224 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 9,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van de roman uit 1969 van Elaine Kraf
For Clarence’s mother, life revolves around her young son; she takes him to see specialists to find the cause of his blindness and developmental delays, protects him from the cruelty of other children, and loves him tenderly. But she has her own struggles too. Her sanity is precarious and fractured, making caregiving increasingly difficult.
When her mental health reaches a breaking point, she checks herself into an institution so that she can get better and, she tells herself, be a better mother to Clarence. As she is forced to decide between his well-being and hers, Elaine Kraf poses the essential question: can a mother’s love for her child soothe her own emotional upheaval? How much can she sacrifice for her son?
Through this unforgettable journey into one woman’s mind and relationships, Kraf paints a harrowing portrait of motherhood which remains timely and inventive over fifty years after its initial publication.
Elaine Kraf was born on 21 February 1936 in New York City. She was a writer and painter. She was the author of four published works of fiction: I Am Clarence (1969), The House of Madelaine (1971), Find Him! (1977) and The Princess of 72nd Street (1979)—as well as several unpublished novels, plays and poetry collections. She was the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts awards, a 1971 fellowship at the Broad Loaf Writers’ Conference and a 1977 residency at Yaddo. She was born and lived in New York City. On 26 June 2013 she died at the age of 77.