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I Am Sovereign (Paperback)
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__________________________________________ 'One of the funniest,
most finely achieved comic novels, even by her own standard ... I
think it's a masterpiece.' ALI SMITH 'I think Nicola Barker is
incapable of a dull page. [Her work] is unified by its spirit of
adventure.' KEVIN BARRY How long does it take to change the world?
Could it happen in approximately twenty minutes? Charles, a
forty-year-old teddy bear maker, is trying to sell his late
mother's house, helped by his estate agent Avigail (who thinks
Charles is an imbecile). The prospective buyers: the fearsome Wang
Shu - who has no desire to make idle chit-chat - and her
downtrodden daughter, Ying Yue. During the twenty-minute viewing a
huge number of things happen, although it is also entirely possible
that nothing happens at all. Which is it? Can the world really turn
on its axis during a mundane discussion about cheese preservation?
Has fiction the power to do that? Should it even want to?
__________________________________________ 'She really is a
genius.' GUARDIAN 'Life-affirming hilarity - Evelyn Waugh on
ecstasy.' NELL ZINK 'A madly brilliant little book that asks who at
any point is in control of what. I loved it.' DAILY MAIL 'Nicola
Barker's wildness and capacity for the absurd often delight me.'
SARAH MOSS 'What an audacious writer Nicola Barker is ... In an era
when plot is king, Barker has typically, joyously, dispensed with
one ... Barker's pleasure in the novella feels defiant.' EVENING
STANDARD 'I Am Sovereign is bursting with energy, compassion and
humour.' LITERARY REVIEW 'Barker is a writer in a class of her own
... A work of coruscating intelligence, of deep humanity.' OBSERVER
'A riotous burst of a novel that scrutinises the nature of fiction
with the lightest of touches.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A bracing,
brilliantly bonkers comic novel ... This is freewheeling fiction
that delights in the visual.' SUNDAY TIMES 'Barker's writing is
very, very funny, both ha ha and strange ... Fans of Ali Smith's
"Seasonal Quartet" will enjoy a similarly arch, detached view on
the banality of contemporary Britain ... A gloriously audacious
blend of, well, the deep and the trite.' INDEPENDENT
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Imprint: |
Windmill Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2020 |
Authors: |
Nicola Barker
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Dimensions: |
198 x 128 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78609-095-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-78609-095-3 |
Barcode: |
9781786090959 |
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