Island of Wings - Softcover

Karin Altenberg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857382330 ISBN 13: 9780857382337

Publisher: Quercus, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Altenberg, Karin

About this title

About the Author:

Karin Altenberg was born in Sweden and moved to Britain to study in 1996. She holds a PhD in Archaeology. Her first, bestselling novel, Island of Wings, was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book Award and the Scottish Book of the Year Award and was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction.

Review:

'This lovely, haunting novel evokes the rough beauty of St Kilda ... A story of faith and love' The Times. * The Times * 'Stunning' Guardian. * Guardian * 'I was enchanted by the magic of the storytelling. This is a novelist with a future' Michael Holroyd, New Statesman. * New Statesman * 'Her literary achievement is astonishing ... A superb book' Scotsman. * Scotsman * 'Emotional intensity is foregrounded and the nuances of Neil and Lizzie's relationship are set out in the writing like a heart on a sleeve ... Neil's psychological flaws are convincingly drawn' Guardian. * Guardian * 'This is an accomplished debut, beautiful and compelling' Good Book Guide. * Good Book Guide * 'Compelling' Daily Mail. * Daily Mail * 'Karin Altenberg's debut novel is an impressive work of research and descriptive writing about Nature and place in a second language ... a penetrating insight into the psychology of a religious zealot and a relationship rolling inevitably towards destruction' Country Life. * Country Life * 'A beautiful story of love and loss, precise, subtle, spiritually alive' Andrew O'Hagan. * Andrew O'Hagan *

About this edition

• Publisher: Quercus
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0857382330
• ISBN 13: 9780857382337
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372