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Synopsis
Physical description; 365 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects; Great Britain - History - 1066-1687 - Fiction. England - Social conditions - 1066-1485 - Fiction. Great Britain - History - William I, 1066-1087 - Fiction.
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About the Author
Paul Kingsnorth is a former journalist and deputy editor of "The Ecologist" magazine who has won several awards for his poetry and essays. He is also the author of two works of nonfiction. In 2009, he cofounded the Dark Mountain Project, an international network of writers, artists, and thinkers in search of new stories for troubled times. "The Wake" is his first novel.
Review
“The Wake is a masterpiece. My top book of the year.” ―Eleanor Catton, Winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize
“The Wake is an astonishing accomplishment. The events in it are chronicled by Buccmaster, a brutally unreliable narrator, in an adapted version of old English. At first the prospect seems unreadably off-putting; within twenty pages you get the hang of it; by thirty the suddenly fluent reader is immersed entirely in the mental and geographical contours of the era. But it works the other way too: we are seeing--and feeling and hearing--the living roots of Englishness.” ―Geoff Dyer
“Extraordinary.” ―Philip Pullman
“Reading [The Wake] is to be immersed in the past and in a story in a way that I haven't really felt since childhood . . . The most glorious experience I've had with a book in years.” ―Lucy Mangan, The Guardian
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- PublisherUnbound
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1908717866
- ISBN 13 9781908717863
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages365
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