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In a Strange Room
Damon Galgut
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Description for In a Strange Room
Hardback. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010 'One of the most beautiful and unsettling books I've ever read. I can't remember a more troubling and intense study of rootlessness and loneliness; Galgut is a writer of great, almost frightening, depth.' Tash Aw Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338. Very good copy in clean dustwrapper. Second impression
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2010 MAN BOOKER PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2010 ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE ONDAATJE PRIZE
A young man takes three journeys, through Greece, India and Africa. He travels lightly, simply. To those who travel with him and those whom he meets on the way - including a handsome, enigmatic stranger, a group of careless backpackers and a woman on the edge - he is the Follower, the Lover and the Guardian. Yet, despite the man's best intentions, each journey ends in disaster. Together, these three journeys will change his whole life.
A novel of ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848873223
SKU
KEX0303109
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About Damon Galgut
Damon Galgut was born in Pretoria in 1963. He wrote his first novel, A Sinless Season, when he was seventeen. His other books include Small Circle of Beings, The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs, The Quarry, The Good Doctor and The Impostor. The Good Doctor was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Dublin/IMPAC Award. The ... Read more
Reviews for In a Strange Room
"The most intense and passionate novel to date from Man Booker-shortlisted author Damon Galgut: 'the bold, fresh voice of South African fiction' (Observer). 'This is a novel about a country's transition and its moral effects, and it is absolutely brilliant.' The Times 'A great pleasure... Damon Galgut's book is the best I have read to come out of the new ... Read more