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‘…the layers of language, the unexpected details… The ways that worldviews and individual cultures make relationships form and fall apart.’ Jennifer Clare Burke, author A Life Less Convenient: Letters To My Ex.

Marisa ‘…explores a broad range of intellectual themes, such as the psychological dynamic of left- and right-wing politics and their relation to art, male and female conceptions of love, our intuitive conceptions of time and the tragic nature of humour.’ Jennifer Armstrong, writer and academic.

‘I loved Marisa.’ It is ‘…an amazing book.’ Gabriela Segal.

‘…a very good book. This novel gave me some pleasurable hours of reading time.’ From Carol’s Corner, Kirklees Reading Circle.

‘Marisa, P J Cowlam’s most recent novel, is a fine addition to that most affecting of genres, past love recollected in tranquillity. Its autumnal mood perfectly complements its subject, reflecting Cowlam’s origins as a poet who has brought his vision and feel for language to prose. Literate in a Jamesian sense, the narrative – punctuated with Proustian moments of remembrance – covers a quarter of a century of what the narrator Bruce calls the ‘vortex of time’, capturing the poignancy of lives lived to different rhythms, intersecting but never intertwining.’ Keith Bush.

‘…extraordinarily mature and assured… The narrative moves at a gentle pace, but carries the reader into an intricate psychological and profound journey…’ Malcolm Stern, co-presenter UK Channel 4’s Made For Each Other.

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