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Crow Lake
FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF A TOWN CALLED SOLACE
Langbeschreibung
A literary saga telling the story of families growing up and tearing each other apart in Northern Ontario, where tragedy and hardship are mirrored in the landscape. "Lawson's evocative storytelling...knows just how to draw the reader on...this is a novel of disappointed hopes and self-delusion, but it has a feel-good finish. Move over, Lake Wobegon" "The Spectator".
Hauptbeschreibung
The first novel from bestselling, prize-winning Mary Lawson - 'A remarkable novel, utterly gripping...I read it at a single sitting, then I read it again, just for the pleasure of it.' Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat
Mary Lawson's first novel, Crow Lake, was loved by critics and readers all over the world; it was translated into 25 languages and published in 28 countries. It was a New York Times bestseller, won the McKitterick Prize and spent 75 weeks on the bestseller lists in her native Canada. Her second novel, The Other Side of the Bridge, was longlisted for the Booker Prize and selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club. Road Ends, published in 2014, was described by the New York Times as 'tender and surprising . . . a vivid and evocative tale'. A Town Called Solace, published to critical acclaim in February 2021, was an instant bestseller in her native Canada. Mary came to England in the 1960s, and lives in Kingston-upon-Thames.marylawson.ca
ISBN-13:
9780099429326
Veröffentl:
2003
Erscheinungsdatum:
06.02.2003
Seiten:
352
Autor:
Mary Lawson
Gewicht:
289 g
Format:
198x130x27 mm
Sprache:
Englisch