Atkinson, K: Normal Rules Don't Apply

Atkinson, Kate

ISBN 10: 0593793226 / ISBN 13: 9780593793220

Published by Diversified Publishing, 2023

About this Item

Neuware - 'In this . volume, nothing is quite as it seems. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a lost man who bets on a horse that may--or may not--have spoken to him. Everything that readers love about the novels of Kate Atkinson is here: the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop. Witty and wise, with subtle connections between the stories, [this collection] is a startling and funny feast for the imagination, stories with the depth and bite to create their own fully-formed worlds'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Atkinson, K: Normal Rules Don't Apply
• Publisher: Diversified Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593793226
• ISBN 13: 9780593793220
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 150H x 23D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 295 grams

About this title

Synopsis

A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life which offer the gimlet eye and delightful social critique that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time.

In this brilliant volume, nothing is quite as it seems. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a lost man who bets on a horse that may—or may not—have spoken to him. Everything that readers love about the novels of Kate Atkinson is here—the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop.

Witty and wise, with subtle connections between the stories, Normal Rules Don’t Apply is a startling and funny feast for the imagination, stories with the depth and bite to create their own fully-formed worlds.

About the Author

KATE ATKINSON won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her 2013 novel Life After Life was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and voted Book of the Year for the independent booksellers associations on both sides of the Atlantic. It also won the Costa Novel Award, as did her subsequent novel, A God in Ruins (2015), and was adapted into a critically acclaimed television series in 2022. Her bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became the BBC television series Case Histories, starring Jason Isaacs. She has written twelve groundbreaking, bestselling books and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.