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No Bones
Anna Burns
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Description for No Bones
Paperback. A tale of a young woman growing up in a Belfast beset by the "Troubles". If Amelia is to live she needs to change. Can she though? She lives in a place where: eight-year-olds collect very peculiar treasure; babies might or might not be bombs; and schoolgirls bring guns into the school yard. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
This is a book about feelings, family, sex, and Ireland-but don't tell Amelia that. She's the one growing up in the mad family, in the mad society, who doesn't want to know what's going on. But things are going on: eight-year-olds collecting very peculiar treasure; babies who might be, or might not be, bombs; schoolgirls bringing guns into schoolyards; and, of course, lots of food and bad, bad sex. If Amelia is to live she needs to change. Can she, though, in a place where people don't know how to look after themselves, and so wouldn't know how to look ... Read more
This is a book about feelings, family, sex, and Ireland-but don't tell Amelia that. She's the one growing up in the mad family, in the mad society, who doesn't want to know what's going on. But things are going on: eight-year-olds collecting very peculiar treasure; babies who might be, or might not be, bombs; schoolgirls bringing guns into schoolyards; and, of course, lots of food and bad, bad sex. If Amelia is to live she needs to change. Can she, though, in a place where people don't know how to look after themselves, and so wouldn't know how to look ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393323030
SKU
V9780393323030
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Anna Burns
Anna Burns was born in Belfast in 1962 and moved to London in 1987. This is her first book.
Reviews for No Bones
Anna Burns is excellent at evoking the strange ecosystem that emerges during protracted conflict.
Claire Kilroy - Guardian Burns never once winces or loses control of her material in this mordant, wry, unforgiving tale of the loss of innocence, for a girl and her country.
Kirkus Reviews
Claire Kilroy - Guardian Burns never once winces or loses control of her material in this mordant, wry, unforgiving tale of the loss of innocence, for a girl and her country.
Kirkus Reviews