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Book Synopsis

A short, exquisite novel about love, loss and making sense of the world - as heartbreakingly moving as it is outrageous and funny



''A universal love story'' Guardian



''Beautiful, funny, profound ... read it in one glowing session'' New Statesman



''A book for anyone who ever has been or ever will be heartbroken. So that''s everyone.'' Hollie McNish



Love builds up little by little and that''s why it makes people reach for words like root and sediment and other words to do with rocks and trees. But what about the dismantling? Does it happen that way too? Because it feels like it is happening much, much faster. And I am reaching for words like landslide and like wave and like storm ...

Exquisitely crafted, wildly imaginative and as darkly funny as it is moving, Hourglass is a revolutionary love story. It turns time upside down, combs the intimate wreckage of heartbreak for something universal

Trade Review
Beautiful, funny, profound ... Read it in one glowing session * New Statesman *
The charms of Hourglass, like those of the narrator himself, are insidious. This is a sad book that is somehow wickedly fun to read * LA Times *
An arresting, exquisitely told love story ... if ever a book could be read as a pilgrimage to discover what the heart finds sacred, this is it. * Irish Times *
Hourglass burnishes its ideas of love and agony with an almost mystical attention to feeling. This book truly glows in the heart of the reader -- Max Porter
Evocative, ecstatic, and saturated with off-kilter wit, Hourglass renders heartbreak as both vividly, luminously particular, and intensely, intimately familiar. There are lines from this remarkable book etched all over my memory, indelible -- Alexandra Kleeman
This book is such a sneaky head f*ck - an epic poem in an ancient style about the brutalities of modern love, a masculine interrogation of feminine heartbreak, a really beautiful way to spend an evening -- Lena Dunham
Hourglass will stay with me for a long time. Hypnotic. -- Lemn Sissay
A book for anyone who ever has been or ever will be heartbroken. So that's everyone. -- Hollie McNish
A stunning reimagining of the love story ... every word shines new and true -- Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure
Shockingly intimate and devastatingly funny, bleak and true -- Luke Kennard, author of The Answer to Everything
This book is a world. A broken dance floor of glass and gold, so rare and precious you barely believe it is real, but haunts you all day like a song. Vivid and brilliant. -- Greta Bellamacina
This is high-wire writing: a novel where every sentence counts. They add up to something profoundly honest and truly magical -- Matt Thorne
This is a beautiful book: by turns tough and tender, acerbically funny and deeply humane. Keiran Goddard's mind is a marvel. We are lucky to have him. -- Tabitha Lasley
A story of doomed romance as touching as it is abstract * Financial Times *
A universal love story * Guardian *
Beautiful and very funny -- Brett Anderson

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    A Paperback / softback by Keiran Goddard

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/03/2023
      ISBN13: 9780349144986, 978-0349144986
      ISBN10: 0349144982

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A short, exquisite novel about love, loss and making sense of the world - as heartbreakingly moving as it is outrageous and funny



      ''A universal love story'' Guardian



      ''Beautiful, funny, profound ... read it in one glowing session'' New Statesman



      ''A book for anyone who ever has been or ever will be heartbroken. So that''s everyone.'' Hollie McNish



      Love builds up little by little and that''s why it makes people reach for words like root and sediment and other words to do with rocks and trees. But what about the dismantling? Does it happen that way too? Because it feels like it is happening much, much faster. And I am reaching for words like landslide and like wave and like storm ...

      Exquisitely crafted, wildly imaginative and as darkly funny as it is moving, Hourglass is a revolutionary love story. It turns time upside down, combs the intimate wreckage of heartbreak for something universal

      Trade Review
      Beautiful, funny, profound ... Read it in one glowing session * New Statesman *
      The charms of Hourglass, like those of the narrator himself, are insidious. This is a sad book that is somehow wickedly fun to read * LA Times *
      An arresting, exquisitely told love story ... if ever a book could be read as a pilgrimage to discover what the heart finds sacred, this is it. * Irish Times *
      Hourglass burnishes its ideas of love and agony with an almost mystical attention to feeling. This book truly glows in the heart of the reader -- Max Porter
      Evocative, ecstatic, and saturated with off-kilter wit, Hourglass renders heartbreak as both vividly, luminously particular, and intensely, intimately familiar. There are lines from this remarkable book etched all over my memory, indelible -- Alexandra Kleeman
      This book is such a sneaky head f*ck - an epic poem in an ancient style about the brutalities of modern love, a masculine interrogation of feminine heartbreak, a really beautiful way to spend an evening -- Lena Dunham
      Hourglass will stay with me for a long time. Hypnotic. -- Lemn Sissay
      A book for anyone who ever has been or ever will be heartbroken. So that's everyone. -- Hollie McNish
      A stunning reimagining of the love story ... every word shines new and true -- Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure
      Shockingly intimate and devastatingly funny, bleak and true -- Luke Kennard, author of The Answer to Everything
      This book is a world. A broken dance floor of glass and gold, so rare and precious you barely believe it is real, but haunts you all day like a song. Vivid and brilliant. -- Greta Bellamacina
      This is high-wire writing: a novel where every sentence counts. They add up to something profoundly honest and truly magical -- Matt Thorne
      This is a beautiful book: by turns tough and tender, acerbically funny and deeply humane. Keiran Goddard's mind is a marvel. We are lucky to have him. -- Tabitha Lasley
      A story of doomed romance as touching as it is abstract * Financial Times *
      A universal love story * Guardian *
      Beautiful and very funny -- Brett Anderson

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