A Thousand Paper Birds
Autor Tor Udallen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mai 2018
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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
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
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