che-chandler.de
A Theatre for Dreamers
Alle Preise inkl. MwSt.
| zzgl. Versand
ISBN-13:
9781526600592
Veröffentl:
2021
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
08.04.2021
Seiten:
348
Autor:
Polly Samson
Gewicht:
255 g
Format:
198x132x27 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Polly Samson is the author of two short story collections and two previous novels. Her work has been shortlisted for numerous prizes, translated into several languages and has been dramatised on BBC Radio 4. Her novel The Kindness was named Book of the Year by The Times and Observer. She has written lyrics for four Number One albums, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. pollysamson.com @PollySamson
An intoxicating novel set on Leonard Cohen's Hydra in 1960, a place and a bohemian society that has captivated the world for decades
Samson's previous novel, The Kindness, sold almost 30,000 copies and was described by India Knight as 'annoyingly close to perfection'. Her work has been shortlisted for prizes including the Authors' Club First Novel Award, the VS Pritchett Memorial Prize and the Edge Hill Short Story Prize
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Delicious' Nigella Lawson'Clever and beguiling' Guardian'Sublime and immersive' Jojo MoyesErica is eighteen and ready for freedom. It's the summer of 1960 when she lands on the sun-baked Greek island of Hydra where she is swept up in a circle of bohemian poets, painters, musicians, writers and artists, living tangled lives. Life on their island paradise is heady, dream-like, a string of seemingly endless summer days. But nothing can last forever.'A surefire summer hit ... At once a blissful piece of escapism and a powerful meditation on art and sexuality' Observer'Heady armchair escapism ... An impressionistic, intoxicating rush of sensory experience' Sunday Times'If summer was suddenly like a novel, it would be like this one. Immaculate' Andrew O'Hagan