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Little: A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year (Hardcover)
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Little: A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year (Hardcover)
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LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020
LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE
WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE
RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA CROWN AWARDS
2019 A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year, Little tells the
extraordinary story of a singular, diminutive crumb of a servant
girl turned entertainment mogul. 'A startlingly original novel'
Times Born in Alsace in 1761, the unsightly, diminutive Marie
Grosholtz is quickly nicknamed 'Little'. Orphaned at the age of
six, she finds employmet in Bern, Switzerland, under the charge of
reclusive anatomist, Dr Curtius. In time the unlikely pair form an
unlikely bond, and together they pursue an unusual passion: the
fine art of wax-modelling. Forced to flee their city, the doctor
and his protegee head for the seamy streets of Paris where they
open an exhibition hall for their uncanny creations. Though
revolution approaches, the curious-minded flock to see the wax
heads, eager to scrutinise the faces of royalty and reprobates
alike. At 'The Cabinet of Doctor Curtius', heads are made, heads
are displayed, and a future is built from wax. From the gutters of
pre-revolutionary France to the luxury of the Palace of Versailles,
from casting the still-warm heads of The Terror to finding
something very like love, Little is the unforgettable story of how
a 'bloodstained crumb of a girl' went on to shape the world...
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