All Our Broken Idols
Autor Paul M. M. Cooperen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 apr 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781408879351
ISBN-10: 1408879352
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1408879352
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Cooper's debut novel River of Ink was acquired in a hotly contested auction and published to wide critical acclaim; it was described by The Times as 'an extraordinary debut . What historical fiction should be: immersive, illuminating and captivating'
Notă biografică
Paul Cooper was born in South London and grew up in Cardiff, Wales. He was educated at the University of Warwick and the UEA. After graduating, he left for Sri Lanka to work as an English teacher, where he took time to explore the ruins both ancient and modern. He has written for magazines, websites and also worked as an archivist, editor and journalist. He also hosts the podcast Fall of Civilizations. His critically acclaimed debut novel, River of Ink, was published by Bloomsbury in 2016.
Recenzii
Dual timeline novels often fail: one strand is more interesting than the other, or the links between the two are contrived. Not here. Both stories are superbly told and share the same preoccupation - the coexistence of cruelty and creative beauty
Two timelines weave together in this provocative, compelling and beautifully written novel
Cooper's full-tilt storytelling remains immersive all the same
With its two female protagonists separated by more than 2,500 years of history, and its narrative strobing back and forth between them, this novel is ambitious, atmospheric stuff
An engrossing, seamlessly written deliberation on the enduring power of art
In this richly imagined novel Cooper's two narratives seem unconnected at first but striking parallels between them soon emerge
Beguiling
Cooper's trips to Iraq and his historical interests (he hosts the excellent Fall of Civilisations podcast) lend All Our Broken Idols authenticity. The novel underlines the fact that people in Iraq have always suffered - but always fought, too, for their identity and culture; the greatest treasure of all
Praise for River of Ink: 'Potent, beautiful and wholly absorbing, Cooper's portrait of a reluctant revolutionary had me in thrall from its first chapter. A wonderful, memorable debut
Cooper endows his work with persuasive historical accuracy and detail, but the "juice" of his own work is the intensely poetic quality of his prose . There is enough astonishing quality in this first novel for us to hope that Cooper will soon produce another
It isn't easy to write about the past with both a hesitant watchfulness and a calm assurance, to make it vivid and strange and yet also, in a fundamental way, ours, but that's exactly what Paul Cooper has achieved - with considerable aplomb - in River of Ink
Masterly . A powerful and timely fable about freedom, resistance and the secret might of the weak
Vivid and compelling
A striking first novel from an author with a rare skill for deploying heavy research with a light touch, for revelling in the seductive possibilities of style without losing sight of narrative drive, and for making profound points while also delivering first-rate entertainment. Paul M. M. Cooper's own pen is certainly a formidable weapon, and it will be exciting to see him wield it again in years to come
In his first novel, Cooper vividly reconstructs a long-buried society and, creates in Asanka - a coward reluctantly forced into acts of courage - a likeable, multifaceted narrator
A highly accomplished debut: Cooper's writing glides from moments of grace and beauty to pure horror in this enthralling novel
River of Ink is an outstanding novel from a very talented debut author ... Cooper's name has the potential to become synonymous with historical literature ... He has done something which all good authors must do: he has written a novel that transcends the page and continues to exist in mind of the reader
Two timelines weave together in this provocative, compelling and beautifully written novel
Cooper's full-tilt storytelling remains immersive all the same
With its two female protagonists separated by more than 2,500 years of history, and its narrative strobing back and forth between them, this novel is ambitious, atmospheric stuff
An engrossing, seamlessly written deliberation on the enduring power of art
In this richly imagined novel Cooper's two narratives seem unconnected at first but striking parallels between them soon emerge
Beguiling
Cooper's trips to Iraq and his historical interests (he hosts the excellent Fall of Civilisations podcast) lend All Our Broken Idols authenticity. The novel underlines the fact that people in Iraq have always suffered - but always fought, too, for their identity and culture; the greatest treasure of all
Praise for River of Ink: 'Potent, beautiful and wholly absorbing, Cooper's portrait of a reluctant revolutionary had me in thrall from its first chapter. A wonderful, memorable debut
Cooper endows his work with persuasive historical accuracy and detail, but the "juice" of his own work is the intensely poetic quality of his prose . There is enough astonishing quality in this first novel for us to hope that Cooper will soon produce another
It isn't easy to write about the past with both a hesitant watchfulness and a calm assurance, to make it vivid and strange and yet also, in a fundamental way, ours, but that's exactly what Paul Cooper has achieved - with considerable aplomb - in River of Ink
Masterly . A powerful and timely fable about freedom, resistance and the secret might of the weak
Vivid and compelling
A striking first novel from an author with a rare skill for deploying heavy research with a light touch, for revelling in the seductive possibilities of style without losing sight of narrative drive, and for making profound points while also delivering first-rate entertainment. Paul M. M. Cooper's own pen is certainly a formidable weapon, and it will be exciting to see him wield it again in years to come
In his first novel, Cooper vividly reconstructs a long-buried society and, creates in Asanka - a coward reluctantly forced into acts of courage - a likeable, multifaceted narrator
A highly accomplished debut: Cooper's writing glides from moments of grace and beauty to pure horror in this enthralling novel
River of Ink is an outstanding novel from a very talented debut author ... Cooper's name has the potential to become synonymous with historical literature ... He has done something which all good authors must do: he has written a novel that transcends the page and continues to exist in mind of the reader