$20.72
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
30 July 2018
Summary
WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA NOVEL AWARD AND BESTSELLING LITERARY PAPERBACK OF 2016 - NOW INCLUDING AN EXCLUSIVE SAMPLE FROM KATE ATKINSON’S NEW NOVEL TRANSCRIPTION.
WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA NOVEL AWARD AND BESTSELLING LITERARY PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR
‘Atkinson’s finest work, and confirmation that her genre-defying writing continues to surprise and dazzle’ Observer
A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd - would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pil…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552776646 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552776645 |
| Author: | Kate Atkinson |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 399g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
Triumphant…such a dazzling read…Atkinson gives Teddy’s wartime experiences the full treatment in a series of thrilling set pieces. Even more impressive,though, is her ability to invest the more everday events with a similar grandeur…almost as innovative as Atkinson’s technique in Life After Life - a possibly more authentic as an expression of how it feels to be alive…it ends on one of the most devastating twists in recent fiction...it adds a further level of overwhelming poignancy to an already extraordinarily affecting book. * Daily Telegraph *There are glimpses of Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong and Ian McEwan’s Atonement…But most poignantly, this is a sweeping, all-consuming novel that finds its way into your bloodstream and writes off your Sunday afternoon…truly extraordinary. * Stylist *Engrossing…convincing and moving…I doubt that Atkinson’s readers will be disappointed. * Sunday Times *Subtly fine new novel…Ms Atkinson’s artistry…is marvellously delicate and varied…devastating. * New York Times *
This book is particularly lovely and melancholy...one of those writers that really can make you weep on one page and laugh on the next… She just has such a vast humanity for her characters.
* NPR *Heartbreaking…an ambitious, sensitive and beautifully written novel by one of our most gifted storytellers. * Daily Express *The tender exploration of themes of family, love and loss contribute to the impact of this story that, like Life After Life, is beautifully written, stunningly constructed, and will linger long in the memory. Superb. * Sunday Mirror *As ever, Kate Atkinson is adept at ferreting her way into the minds of unlovely characters until you feel you know and understand them…While this is a tale of a life spared, the tone is one of elegy. * Daily Mail *Magnificent…In A God in Ruins, she’s written not only a companion to her earlier book, but a novel that takes its place in the line of powerful works about young men and war, stretching from Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage to Kevin Powers’ The Yellow Birds and Ben Fountain’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. * Washington Post *Kate Atkinson just keeps getting better…A God in Ruins is a stunner…I laughed out loud…this bleak and beautiful book…Atkinson’s genre-bending novels have garnered critical praise, but nothing on the order of a Rushdie, or even an Ian McEwan. A God in Ruins should change that. * Chicago Tribune *About The Author
Kate Atkinson
KATE ATKINSON is one of the world’s foremost novelists. She won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Life After Life, an acclaimed BBC TV series, won several prizes including the Costa Novel Award, as did A God in Ruins. Two further historical novels - Transcription and Shrines of Gaiety - were also Sunday Times bestsellers. She has published two critically acclaimed collections of short stories- Not the End of the World and Normal Rules Don’t Apply. Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie, Case Histories, One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News? and Started Early, Took My Dog, became a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs. Jackson Brodie later returned in the novel Big Sky and the most recent, Death at the Sign of the Rook, was a number one bestseller. Kate Atkinson was awarded an MBE in 2011 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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