An extraordinary debut novel by a young writer of remarkable gifts
Samantha Harvey is the author of the novels Orbital, The Wilderness, All is Song, Dear Thief and The Western Wind and a work of non-fiction, The Shapeless Unease- A Year of Not Sleeping. Orbital was the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, and her other work has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award, the Women's Prize, the Guardian First Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize. The Wilderness was awarded the Betty Trask Prize. She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
Brave and intelligent...a mesmerising work
*Independent*
A stunning composition of human fragility and intensity
*Guardian*
An extraordinary dramatisation of a mind in the process of
disintegration ... Brilliant - read it now, before it scoops up all
the prizes
*The Times*
Touches a resounding chord of melancholy. The author, whose debut
this is, is very talented
*Evening Standard*
This is a finely written ode to memory, identity and love
*Financial Times*
a forensic examination of loss and misunderstanding, a paean to the
vital force of stories, and an incredibly moving look at a sword of
Damocles that hangs over us all
*Observer*
The imagined experience of dementia is intricately, cleverly
woven
*Sunday Times*
A brave, intelligent book
*Daily Express*
Harvey uses her precise and unostentatious style to full effect
*Times Literary Supplement*
A treat for literature lovers who appreciate complexity in their
novels and aren't afraid to deal with tough topics
*Library Journal*
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