Small Circle of Beings
From the Booker prize-winning author of The Promise
$22.99
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
30 August 2022
Summary
The extraordinary first collection of stories from the 2021 Booker Prize winner
The first collection of extraordinary stories from one of the greatest writers of our time.
With astonishing clarity, Booker Prize winner Galgut explores both the intimacies and violence of family life against the complex landscape of 1980s South Africa. From a mother who experiences a devastating unmooring after her child falls gravely ill, to a son retracing his late father’s brief yet passionate…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529198164 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 152919816X |
| Author: | Damon Galgut |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 30 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 182g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 14mm |
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Remarkable…astonishingly mature, subtle and understated
One of the world’s greatest writers – Edmund WhiteRemarkable…astonishingly mature, subtle and understated * Sunday Express *Galgut explores grief, despair and love in a way that feels ageless * Literary Review *In Mr. Galgut’s fiction South Africa materialises, vast, astonishing, resonant. And on this vastness, he stages intimate dramas that have the force of ancient myth * Wall Street Journal *
About The Author
Damon Galgut
Damon Galgut is the author of nine novels. He won the Booker Prize 2021 for The Promise, having been shortlisted for the prize twice before (The Good Doctor and In A Strange Room). He lives and works in Cape Town.
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