Letter to an Unknown Soldier - Hardcover

Kate Pullinger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0008116849 ISBN 13: 9780008116842

Publisher: William Collins

Synopsis

On Platform One of Paddington Station in London, there is a statue of an unknown soldier; he's reading a letter. On the 100th anniversary of the declaration of war everyone in the country was invited to take a moment and write that letter. A selection of those letters are published here, in a new kind of war memorial - one made only of words.

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About the Author:

NEIL BARTLETTis a novelist and theatre-director. His 2007 novelSkin Lanewas shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award, and his new novel,The Disappearance Boy, is being published by Bloomsbury in July 2014. He has two honorary degrees (from Oxford Brookes and Brighton), bestowed in recognition of his pioneering and continued commitment to gay culture and civil rights, and was awarded an OBE in 2000 for his work as Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith. You can find out more about Neil and his work at neil-bartlett.com

KATE PULLINGERis a novelist and digital writer. Her 2009 novelThe Mistress of Nothingwon Canada's Governor General's Award for Fiction; her new novel,Landing Gear, is published in April 2014. She has been at the forefront of literary digital innovation and participatory media for more than a decade; her ongoing web projects,Inanimate AliceandFlight Paths: a Networked Novel, have gathered readers from around the world. She is Professor of Creative Writing and Digital Media at Bath Spa University. Find her at katepullinger.com

Review:

`Anyone reading through this collection will be hard put not to feel the emotion surging through every page... "This memorial is made of voices". They deserve to be heard' Daily Express

About this edition

• Publisher: William Collins
• ISBN 10: 0008116849
• ISBN 13: 9780008116842
• Binding: Hardcover