The Cauliflower

Informationen zum Autor Nicola Barker was born in Ely in 1966 and spent part of her childhood in South Africa. She is the author of twelve novels – including Wide Open , Darkmans , The Yips and In the Approaches – and two short story collections. She has been twice longlisted and once shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, has won the IMPAC, the John Llewellyn Rhys and the Hawthornden Prizes, and was named one of Granta ’s 20 Best Young British Writers in 2003. Her latest novel, H(A)PPY , won the 2017 Goldsmiths Prize and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2018. Klappentext Nicola Barker was born in Ely in 1966 and spent part of her childhood in South Africa. She is the author of twelve novels ¿ including Wide Open , Darkmans , The Yips and In the Approaches ¿ and two short story collections. She has been twice longlisted and once shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, has won the IMPAC, the John Llewellyn Rhys and the Hawthornden Prizes, and was named one of Granta ¿s 20 Best Young British Writers in 2003. Her latest novel, H(A)PPY , won the 2017 Goldsmiths Prize and was longlisted for the Women¿s Prize for Fiction 2018. Zusammenfassung To the world he is Sri Ramakrishna - godly avatar, spiritual master, beloved guru. But to Hriday, his nephew and long-time caretaker, he is just Uncle - maddening, bewildering Uncle, prone to entering trances at the most inconvenient of times, who must be vigilantly safeguarded not only against jealous enemies but also against the cauliflower.

Product details

• Authors: Nicola Barker, Barker Nicola
• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.01.2017
• EAN: 9780099510529
• ISBN: 978-0-09-951052-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Humorous / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Religious, India, Fiction: general and literary, Religious and spiritual fiction, Religious & Spiritual Fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary