Nathan Filer Bücher

Der preisgekrönte Überraschungserfolg aus Großbritannien endlich im Taschenbuch! Matthew Homes ist ein begnadeter Erzähler und Patient der Psychiatrischen Klinik in Bristol. Um dort dem trostlosen Alltag zu entfliehen, schreibt er seine Geschichte auf – und die seines Bruders Simon, der im Alter von elf Jahren während des Campingurlaubs in Cornwall starb. Selbst nach zehn Jahren gibt sich Matthew immer noch die Schuld am Unfalltod seines Bruders. Doch eigentlich ist Simon für ihn gar nicht tot – und Matthew auch kein gewöhnlicher 19-Jähriger. Denn Matthew leidet an Schizophrenie …

A powerful work of non-fiction and the natural sequel to The Shock of the Fall.

Helen and Ellie are identical twins - like two peas in a pod, everyone says. The girls know this isn't true, though: Helen is the leader and Ellie the follower.Until they decide to swap places: just for fun, and just for one day.But Ellie refuses to swap back...And so begins a nightmare from which Helen cannot wake up. Her toys, her clothes, her friends, her glowing record at school, the favour of her mother and the future she had dreamed of are all gone to a sister who blossoms in the approval that used to belong to Helen. And as the years pass, she loses not only her memory of that day but also herself - until eventually only 'Smudge' is left.Twenty-five years later, Smudge receives a call from out of the blue. It threatens to pull her back into her sister's dangerous orbit, but if this is her only chance to face the past, how can she resist?Beside Myself is a compulsive and darkly brilliant psychological drama about family and identity - what makes us who we are and how very fragile it can be.