Summary
The Giant’s House is a modern classic – a firm in-house favourite at Vintage – reissued to coincide with Elizabeth McCracken’s new novel, Bowlaway.
‘Every so often a novel comes along which transcends whimsy with the beauty of its writing. Elizabeth McCracken’s small masterpiece is one of these’ Guardian
A powerful and unique story about connection, showing that miracles can happen – even across a library circulation desk.
The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099739913 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099739917 |
| Author: | Elizabeth McCracken |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 1997 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
The most original and enchanting romance I have read in a long time
The most original and enchanting romance I have read in a long time – Erica Wagner * The Times *
McCracken avoids the temptations of easy humour and writes with great pathos and delicacy about the complexities of love * Observer *
The lucid, compelling prose convinces us that this mismatched pair do become a real couple: improbably, disturbingly, and very movingly, theirs is a true love story * Sunday Times *
The Giant’s House is the work of a writer who is as singular and astute as the characters she creates… funny, ambitious and precise… a beautifully composed portrait of people struggling against themselves with the full force of their courage and desire * Times Literary Supplement *
Every so often a novel comes along which transcends whimsy with the beauty of its writing. Elizabeth McCracken’s small masterpiece is one of these * G2 *
I guarantee that this novel will touch your heart, just as it did mine * Prima *
About The Author
Elizabeth McCracken
Elizabeth McCracken is the author of five books. She has received grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and she was chosen as one of Granta’s 20 Best American Writers Under 40. She has served on the faculty at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and currently holds the James Michener Chair for Fiction at the University of Texas at Austin.
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