What Will Survive of Us by Howard Jacobson - ISBN: 9781529921489
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Midlife love blossoms: will it endure life’s inevitable changes?

What Will Survive of Us

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    304 pages

  • Release Date

    27 May 2025

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Summary

Love can change your life. Can it survive marriage and middle age?

“Wonderfully wise, moving and heartfelt” - WILLIAM BOYD “A tender love story” - DAILY TELEGRAPH

LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025

Lily falls in love with Sam the minute she sets eyes on him. It takes Sam a day or two longer. Curious, because Lily has never quite believed in love, while Sam thought he understood it inside out.

Lily, a documentary maker, and Sam, a playwright,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529921489
ISBN-10:1529921481
Author:Howard Jacobson
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:27 May 2025
Weight:212g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 17mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A tender love story… Jacobson’s sentences have always been things of beauty: ornate yet vigorous * Daily Telegraph *
A rare gift and one to be treasured * Sunday Times *
Something more subtle and melancholy than expected. In the best possible way, fans of Jacobson will not be disappointed * Observer *
Essential human truths are conveyed through humour, melancholy and kinetic dialogue * Mail on Sunday *
Equal parts funny and challenging, this is a clear-eyed view of long-term love * Daily Telegraph *
A wonderfully wise, moving and heartfelt novel. A profound and vital book – William Boyd, author of Any Human Heart
Howard Jacobson at his finest. An intense expression of romantic love and sexual desire – Linda Grant, author of The Story of the Forest
Jacobson has lost none of his garrulity and ebullienceWhat Will Survive of Us powers along with stretches of nimble verbal exchange in which the opponents are equally matched. And you’re never far from a profound reflection on life’s challenges * Literary Review *
Funny, self-knowing and floridly romantic * Oldie *

About The Author

Howard Jacobson

Howard Jacobson has written eighteen novels and six works of non-fiction. He won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Award in 2000 for The Mighty Walzer and then again in 2013 for Zoo Time. In 2010 he won the Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question; he was also shortlisted for the prize in 2014 for J.

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