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Alice Jolly - Saint in Swindon, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Saint in Swindon

Av Alice Jolly

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Beskrivning
When a stranger arrives in town, with a bulging blue bag and a whiff of adventure, the neighbourhood takes notice. When he asks for his meals to be sent to his room and peace and quiet for reading, curiosity turns to obsession. Each day he stays there, locked in his room, demanding books: Plath, Kafka, Orwell, Lawrence, Fitzgerald, James, Bronte (the eldest), Dickens, Dumas, Kesey - on and on, the stranger never leaving his room. Who exactly is he? What is he reading? And will it be able to save us from the terrible state of the world? Written by award-winning author Alice Jolly, and based on an idea by the book lovers of Swindon town, this funny and, ultimately, dystopian tale, reminds us of the importance of literature in an increasingly dark world.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2020-04-15
  • Mått: 178 x 110 x 18 mm
  • Vikt: 78 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Förlag: Fairlight Books
  • ISBN: 9781912054206
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Alice Jolly's most recent novel 'Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile' was published in 2018 by Unbound. It was runner up for the Rathbones Folio Prize, was on the longlist for the Ondaatje Prize and was also selected as a Walter Scott Prize recommended novel. Alice has also won the Pen Ackerley Prize for her memoir and the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize for one of her short stories. She teaches creative writing at Oxford University.

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'An insight into a fascinating and inspiring world of reading!' -Debbie Hicks MBE Creative Director, The Reading Agency'This novella is suited to our fevered times' -The Spectator'An entertaining, yet profound meditation on the replenishment and complications of reading in dystopia' -Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People'A story that offers plenty to think, talk and even smile about' -Matt Holland, Director, Swindon Festival of Literature

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