The Hero of this Book
€14.75
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781529919653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth McCracken |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.140 |
| Publishing Date | 02/11/2023 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.92 |
| Tax | €0.83 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.75 |
| Availability | 7 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
‘A sublime gift’ MEG MASON
A taut, ground-breaking new novel about a writer''s relationship with her larger-than-life mother - and about the very nature of writing.
Ten months after her mother’s death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book walks across London on a quiet Sunday. The city was a favourite of her mother’s, and as the narrator wanders the streets, she finds herself recalling all that made her complicated mother extraordinary. Even though the woman, a writer, wants to respect her mother’s nearly pathological sense of privacy, she must decide whether making a chronicle of this remarkable life constitutes an act of love or betrayal.
* A New Yorker, Time, Washington Post, Oprah Daily and NPR Book of the Year *
‘I absolutely loved it. A moving portrayal of daughterhood…suffused with warmth and love’ MEGAN HUNTER, author of The Harpy
‘Confirms McCracken as among the finest contemporary chroniclers of everyday life… wonderful’GUARDIAN
‘Tender, funny, heartbreaking… a writer who always delights’ RUMAAN ALAM, author of Leave the World Behind