Great Circle - The soaring and emotional novel shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021
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| Verlag | Random House UK |
| Auflage | 2021 |
| Seiten | 608 |
| Format | 15,7 x 3,5 x 23,7 cm |
| Trade paperback (UK) | |
| Gewicht | 672 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9780857526816 |
| Bestell-Nr | 85752681EA |
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
TIME BOOK OF THE YEAR
A Book of the Year for The Times, Telegraph, Daily Express, New Statesman, Good Housekeeping, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Time, Esquire, The Economist, Oprah Daily and Woman and Home
'A gripping historical adventure that feels sharp, fresh and modern'
STYLIST
'So beautiful, so daring, so complete'
TAYLOR JENKINS REID
'A masterpiece'
NIGELLA LAWSON
A soaring, breathtakingly ambitious novel that weaves together the astonishing lives of a 1950s vanished female aviator and the modern-day Hollywood actress who plays her on screen. For fans of TAYLOR JENKINS REID, WILLIAM BOYD and ANN PATCHETT
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From her days as a wild child in prohibition America to the blitz and glitz of wartime London, from the rugged shores of New Zealand to a lonely iceshelf in Antarctica, Mari an Graves is driven by a need for freedom and danger.
Determined to live an independent life, she resists the pull of her childhood sweetheart, and burns her way through a suite of glamorous lovers. But it is an obsession with flight that consumes her most.
Now, as she is about to fulfil her greatest ambition, to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole, Marian crash lands in a perilous wilderness of ice.
Over half a century later, troubled film star Hadley Baxter is drawn inexorably to play the enigmatic pilot on screen. It is a role that will lead her to an unexpected discovery, throwing fresh and spellbinding light on the story of the unknowable Marian Graves.
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'Extraordinary' NEW YORK TIMES
'Full of adventure, passion and tragedy' THE TIMES
'Soars from the very first page' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Luminous, masterful. Glides seamlessly through 20th century history' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Breatht aking' OBSERVER
'Impressive and gripping' SUNDAY TIMES
'Surprising and moving at every turn' GUARDIAN
'Audacious and Immersive' DAILY MAIL
'Accomplished and ambitious' FINANCIAL TIMES
Readers love GREAT CIRCLE:
_____ What a read! Immense story with beautifully created characters
_____ A 600 page turner that you are sad to finish
_____ The story is so well researched and planned; historical fiction standing side by side with history itself
_____ This is a stunning achievement, my perspective feels fundamentally transformed through reading it
_____ A wonderful saga, covering a large chunk of the twentieth century
Rezension:
Luminous, masterful ... glides seamlessly through the 20th century immersing the reader. Tremendously well-written TELEGRAPH, 'Best Fiction of 2021'
