SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING EMMA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
THE FAVOURITE Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian
Fiction Prize A life without freedom to choose is not worth having.
Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion
is realized when he finds the drowned body of the beautiful Bella,
who he brings back to life in a Frankenstein-esque feat. But his
dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for
his creation... But what does Bella think? This story of true love
and scientific daring whirls the reader from the private
operating-theatres of late-Victorian Glasgow through aristocratic
casinos, low-life Alexandria and a Parisian bordello, reaching an
interrupted climax in a Scottish church. ________________________
'A magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book' London Review of
Books 'Visionary, ornate and outrageous' The Independent 'Witty and
delightfully written' New York Times 'A brilliant marriage of
technique, intelligence, and art.' Kirkus Reviews 'The greatest
Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' Anthony Burgess Those
who, like me, are unsure if they are Alasdair Gray fans or not,
ought to fall on Poor Things with delight, and not just because of
the almost excessive beauty of its appearance' Philip Hensher,
Spectator
General
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
Alasdair Gray
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
317 |
Edition: |
Tie-In |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5266-5788-6 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-5266-5788-0 |
Barcode: |
9781526657886 |
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