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'Smart, strange, coping with death through Light' Margaret Atwood
'Extraordinary, wise, funny, adventurous' A. L. Kennedy
'So utterly startling and inventive, it's almost an act of resistance' Miriam Toews
'I couldn't put it down. A cult following seems certain' Literary Review
'Refreshing as well as disconcerting to read a novel that sets aside convention so resolutely' Guardian
'Opts to push the boundaries of what the novel is' Telegraph
'A comic metaphysical thriller' Scotland on Sunday

In this darkly ironic novel - a quest for truth, a satire, an elegy - Joanna Kavenna displays fearless originality and wit in confronting the strangeness of reality and how we contend with the death of those we love. Beautiful, ethereal drawings by Oly Ralfe illustrate this haunting journey through time, space and human understanding.

A Field Guide to Reality

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'Smart, strange, coping with death through Light' Margaret Atwood'Extraordinary, wise, funny, adventurous' A. L. Kennedy'So utterly startling and inventive, it's... Read more

    Publisher: Quercus Publishing
    Publication Date: 04/05/2017
    ISBN13: 9781780872322, 978-1780872322
    ISBN10: 1780872321

    Number of Pages: 304

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    'Smart, strange, coping with death through Light' Margaret Atwood
    'Extraordinary, wise, funny, adventurous' A. L. Kennedy
    'So utterly startling and inventive, it's almost an act of resistance' Miriam Toews
    'I couldn't put it down. A cult following seems certain' Literary Review
    'Refreshing as well as disconcerting to read a novel that sets aside convention so resolutely' Guardian
    'Opts to push the boundaries of what the novel is' Telegraph
    'A comic metaphysical thriller' Scotland on Sunday

    In this darkly ironic novel - a quest for truth, a satire, an elegy - Joanna Kavenna displays fearless originality and wit in confronting the strangeness of reality and how we contend with the death of those we love. Beautiful, ethereal drawings by Oly Ralfe illustrate this haunting journey through time, space and human understanding.

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