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A Thousand Paper Birds

Autor Tor Udall
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mai 2018
'A masterful exploration of love, loss and the healing power of the natural world. Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure'ObserverLONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2018Jonah roams Kew Gardens trying to reassemble the shattered pieces of his life after the death of his wife, Audrey. Weathering the seasons and learning to love again, he meets Chloe, an enigmatic origami artist who is hesitant to let down her own walls.In the gardens he also meets ten-year-old Milly, and Harry, a gardener, both of whom have secrets of their own to keep - and mysteries to solve.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408878668
ISBN-10: 1408878666
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Captivating and utterly original,A Thousand Paper Birdsis a moving debut that seamlessly explores love, grief, nature and the supernatural, plunging readers into a story as intricately constructed as origami

Notă biografică

After studying theatre and film, Tor Udall co-founded a dance-theatre company and spent most of her twenties directing, writing and performing.A Thousand Paper Birdsis her first novel and was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2018. She lives in London with her husband and young children.@TorUdall

Recenzii

Amasterfulexploration of love, loss and the healing power of the natural world. Like Max Porter'sGrief is a Thing With Feathers, it usesfable, mystery and a poetic sensibilityto get at the nub of loss .Heartbreaking and upliftingin equal measure
Kew Gardens proves anabundant and richly suggestivebackdrop for thisunusualstory ... Udall weaves acomplexstory about the mysterious ways a life can linger, like a scent, and how grief and love can sometimes feel so vast and overwhelming that no earthly landscape can contain them
Arich and intricatedebut, at oncesubtle and powerful, intent and reflective, lyrical and visceral, expertly cultivating an abundance of life from all that remains after death
Amovingstory asintricate and elegantas the origami birds that Chloe, one of the characters, folds.I loved thiswhimsical debut novel
Unputdownablefiction ... Poetic and finely wrought
A story of death and its aftermath, whichlingers long after the last page
Anextraordinary,enchantingbook. Writing as fine and precise as a botanical sketch, gorgeously arty themes, powerful yet fragile imagery and a brilliant story - this isa book to love and treasure
This novel is all about seeing a 'scarred loveliness' in a damaged world
Apoeticexploration of those most difficult of topics, grief and love, against the backdrop of Kew Gardens . Udalldeftlyleads the reader through the tangled web of relationships binding each of these four people to Audrey, whose own story comes to be revealed through her diaries
Magical, memorable and one I will treasure
Adelicateandbeautifulunfolding of grief, loss, love and the way that lives intersect.Insightful and inventive
Absolutelywonderful. It has the emotionalintegrityofOne Dayand thecomplexityand character depth ofCloud Atlas ...Anincredible achievement