The Colour

Tremain is a magnificent storyteller with an enormous story to tell * Independent on Sunday *
This is a writer whose breadth of imagination and supple prose transcend the genre: she is one of the finest writers in England * Daily Telegraph *
Tremain has produced her own wondrous piece of gold * Scotsman *
A fabulous work, bravely imaginative, deeply moving, surprising, invigorating and satisfying * Independent *
This is a beautifully crafted book - at once a gripping adventure story and a compelling portrayal of human emotion at its bravest and its most vulnerable * Economist *
The Colour is the produce of a large and generous talent, generous in its giving of enjoyment * Financial Times *
An engrossing novel, an adventure story with a sensitive side * Observer *
The Colour is a measured book, a diligent, painstaking book * Sunday Telegraph *
She is a magical storyteller - it is as an artist that she excels * New Statesman *
Brilliantly detailed and textured * Daily Mail *

Rose Tremain’s novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel’s Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and France’s Prix Femina (Sacred Country), and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Absolutely and Forever (2023), which was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.

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