Cygnet
'A clear-sighted, poignant rumination on loneliness, love, the melancholy of age'
$18.85
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2020
Summary
WINNER OF THE WRITERS’ GUILD FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2020
ELLE ONES TO WATCH 2019
‘Not since Holden Caulfield have I been so captivated by a first-person voice as the one Season Butler creates in CYGNET’ - Blake Morrison
‘A bright new voice in literature’ - Bernardine Evaristo
‘Terribly moving’ - China Mieville
‘A beautiful book, a meander through th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349700304 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349700303 |
| Author: | Season Butler |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Dialogue Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2020 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
An original novel with a memorable narrator - Elle (Eight Books to Devour)
Season Butler has written an imaginative, atmospheric and original novel that lingers in the memory long after reading … A bright new voice in literature - Bernadine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, OtherTerribly moving. A clear-sighted, poignant rumination on loneliness, love, the melancholy of age and of youth - and, in its quiet way, the end of the worldSeason Butler is an extraordinary writer. In this wonderful novel the narrative voice is rhythmic and compelling, telling a coming of age story which resonates with our times. Like Colson Whitehead, her work is fearless in its inventiveness. I’ve always thought Season was the real deal, this book proves that she has arrived - Julia Bell, author of The Dark LightAn uncanny meditation on mortality and intergenerational distrust - Metro[A] vivid, poetic debut - Daily MailNot since Holden Caulfield have I been so captivated by a first-person voice as the one Season Butler creates in Cygnet … [it’s] sad, funny, highly original - Blake Morrison, author of Things my Mother Never Told MeCygnet is a beautiful book, a meander through the fluid anxiety of youth, an observation of fixed imperfections of age, and a longing search for compassion on the journey betweenAbout The Author
Season Butler
Season Butler is a writer, artist and dramaturg born in Washington, DC. Through her work, she explores her interest in identity and otherness, the opportunities and traps of hindsight and hope, and what it means to look forward to an increasingly wily future. An early draft of Cygnet was shortlisted for the SI Leeds Prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian Women. She lives and works between London and Berlin.
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