{"product_id":"cygnet-9780349700311","title":"Cygnet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eELLE \u003c\/i\u003eONES TO WATCH 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Terribly moving. A clear-sighted, poignant rumination on loneliness, love, the melancholy of age and of youth - and, in its quiet way, the end of the world'' \u003c\/b\u003eChina Mieville \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeason Butler has written an imaginative, atmospheric and original novel that lingers in the memory long after reading . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bright new voice in literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''  \u003c\/b\u003eBernadine Evaristo \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A sad, funny, highly original novel. Not since Holden Caulfield have I been so captivated by a first-person voice as the one Season Butler creates in \u003ci\u003eCygnet\u003c\/i\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e Blake Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Wholeheartedly enjoy(able)'' \u003c\/b\u003eLauren Wilkinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Season Butler is an extraordinary writer. In this wonderful novel the narrative voice is rhythmic and compelling, telling a coming of age story which resonates with our times. Like Colson Whitehead, her work is fearless in its inventiveness'' \u003c\/b\u003eJulia Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComing-of-age fiction is a well-established genre but I doubt there's ever been a novel in which the narrator turns 18 on an island exclusively occupied by oldsters. \u003cb\u003eAnd not since Holden Caulfield have I been so captivated by a first-person voice\u003c\/b\u003e as the one Season Butler creates in \u003ci\u003eCygnet\u003c\/i\u003e: 'kiddo' or 'small-fry' as the Wrinklies call her is super-bright but also naive, tough-minded but also vulnerable, self-reliant but also adrift. How long will she remain on the island? How long will the island itself remain, increasingly eroded by the ocean as it is? Will her parents arrive in time to celebrate her birthday? We don't know, but this \u003cb\u003esad, funny, highly original novel \u003c\/b\u003ekeeps us turning the pages to find out * Blake Morrison, Author of Things my Mother Never Told Me *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeason Butler is an extraordinary writer\u003c\/b\u003e. In this wonderful novel the narrative voice is rhythmic and compelling, telling a coming of age story which resonates with our times. Like Colson Whitehead, \u003cb\u003eher work is fearless in its inventiveness\u003c\/b\u003e. I've always thought Season was the real deal, this book proves that she has arrived * Julia Bell, Author, The Dark Light *\u003cbr\u003eTerribly moving. A clear-sighted, poignant rumination on loneliness, love, the melancholy of age and of youth - and, in its quiet way, the end of the world * China Miéville *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeason Butler has written an imaginative, atmospheric and original novel that lingers in the memory long after reading . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bright new voice in literature\u003c\/b\u003e * Bernardine Evaristo *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn original novel with a memorable narrator \u003c\/b\u003e * Elle (Eight Books to Devour) *\u003cbr\u003eAn uncanny meditation on mortality and intergenerational distrust * Metro *\u003cbr\u003e[A] \u003cb\u003epotent\u003c\/b\u003e debut . . . \u003cb\u003eA strange, promising beginning \u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e[A]\u003cb\u003e vivid, poetic \u003c\/b\u003edebut * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eAs sixteen-year old environmental activist Greta Thunberg has shown us, teenagers are the ideal candidates for raising consciousness about our planetary plight. Kid's ardent voice powers \u003ci\u003eCygnet.\u003c\/i\u003e Her expression of the loneliness, boredom and rage she feels at her circumstances is reminiscent of Holden Caulfield . . . the characters have real emotional depth . . .\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eCygnet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is both very funny and convincingly tragic, its young narrator memorably charismatic and self-aware\u003c\/b\u003e * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eSeason Butler (in her novel \u003ci\u003eCygnet\u003c\/i\u003e) describ[es] an island occupied, with one exception, by geriatrics - the exception being the narrator, whose wise reflections on age, race, class and global warming belie her tender youth -- Blake Morrison * New Internationalist *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dialogue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49896802713943,"sku":"9780349700311","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349700311.jpg?v=1738093515","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cygnet-9780349700311","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}