Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies - Longlisted for the Booker Prize

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is about a family coming to terms with the unthinkable: the death of a mother. Playful and funny, profound and heart-breaking, this is a daring debut about motherhood, anatomy, language and the darkness within us all.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Maddie Mortimer was born in London in 1996. She received her BA in English Literature from the University of Bristol. Her writing has featured in The Times and her short films have screened at festivals around the world. She is co-writing a TV series currently in development with Various Artists Ltd. In 2019 she completed the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is her first novel.

Zusammenfassung

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is about a family coming to terms with the unthinkable: the death of a mother. Playful and funny, profound and heart-breaking, this is a daring debut about motherhood, anatomy, language and the darkness within us all.

Vorwort

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is about a family coming to terms with the unthinkable: the death of a mother. Playful and funny, profound and heart-breaking, this is a daring debut about motherhood, anatomy, language and the darkness within us all.

Zusatztext

An extraordinary debut, unlike anything I've read. Wildly inventive, poetic and poignant, this is a rare gem of a novel that took my imagination to new places and touched my heart.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Maddie Mortimer
• Verlag: Picador Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781529069365
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-6936-5
• Seiten: 448
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 216 mm x 36 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; England, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Medical, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, 21st Century, Coping with death & bereavement, Narrative theme: Interior life, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Coping with cancer, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050