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16%OFFJenny Offill - Last Things - 9781408879719 - V9781408879719
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Last Things

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Description for Last Things Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 160.
THE EXQUISITE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DEPT. OF SPECULATION Chosen as a notable or best book of the year by the New York Times, Village Voice and Guardian To eight-year-old Grace Davitt, her mother, Anna, is a puzzling yet wonderful mystery. This is a woman who has seen a sea serpent in the lake, who paints a timeline of the universe on the sewing-room wall, and who teaches her daughter a secret language which only they can speak. For Grace's father, however, the only truth is science, and increasingly ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
159g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408879719
SKU
V9781408879719
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Jenny Offill
Jenny Offill is the author of Last Things (1999), which was chosen as a Notable or Best Book of the Year by the Guardian, New York Times and Village Voice. It was also a finalist for the LA Times First Fiction Prize. In 2014, she published Dept. of Speculation, which was chosen as a Book of the Year by the ... Read more

Reviews for Last Things
Offill creates for Grace a mesmerising imaginary world ... She writes with a heartbreaking clarity ... and is dexterously able to evoke emotional extremity through pitch-perfect narrative compression
The Times
Engaging, funny, full of imagination, humour and invention ... A glorious debut
Irish Times
Offill's remarkable first novel is crisply written, economically constructed and so inventive ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Last Things


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