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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 Imagine a perfect world where everything is known, where everything is open, where there can be no doubt, no hatred, no poverty, no greed. Imagine a System which both nurtures and protects. A Community which nourishes and sustains. An infinite world. A world without sickness, without death. A world without God. Could you be happy there?
