Not the End of the World - Hardcover

Atkinson, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316614300 ISBN 13: 9780316614306

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2003

Synopsis

A B-list celebrity with a new baby on the way, Arthur's mother hires an enigmatic young nanny named Missy to care for her precocious and curious eight-year-old son, and together they embark on on humorous and fantastical odyssey through an unexpected world in search of art, culture, and Arthur's missing father. By the author of Behidn the Scenes at the Museum. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

A stunning collection of thoughtful and highly readable short stories by Whitbread Award-winner, Kate Atkinson.

This is a daring, witty and provocative collection of twelve thematically-linked stories.

Inspired by Ovid?s Metamorphoses or, if you prefer, by Prada, Mary Poppins, Moschino and Barbie, these are stories of abandoned children and lonely adults, the seductiveness of our consumer society and fatalism in a post-Apocalyptic world.

From Charlene and Trudi, shopping madly while bombs explode outside, to gormless Eddie, a cataloguer of fish, and Meredith Zane who has discovered the secret to eternal life, each story brings to life a startling cast of characters. Linking the stories is an exploration of the infinite variety of ways in which people attempt to change the world around them, and themselves.

From the Back Cover:

“Moving and funny and crammed with incidental wisdom.” -- Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0316614300
• ISBN 13: 9780316614306
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244