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Salena Godden - Mrs Death Misses Death, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Mrs Death Misses Death

Av Salena Godden

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WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZEMrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of a novelMrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted by her job and now seeks someone to unburden her conscience to.She meets Wolf, a troubled young writer, who - enthralled by her stories - begins to write Mrs Death's memoirs. As the two reflect on the losses they have experienced (or facilitated), their friendship flourishes. All the while, despite her world-weariness, Death must continue to hold humans' fates in her hands, appearing in our lives when we least expect her . . .
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2022-01-20
  • Mått: 129 x 198 x 19 mm
  • Vikt: 215 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 320
  • Förlag: Canongate Books
  • ISBN: 9781838851224
  • Utmärkelser: Short-listed for Gordon Burn Prize 2021 (UK)
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Salena Godden FRSL is an award-winning author, poet and broadcaster of Jamaican-mixed heritage based in London. Her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death won the Indie Book Award for Fiction and the People's Book Prize, and was shortlisted for the British Book Awards and the Gordon Burn Prize. Film and TV rights for Mrs Death Misses Death have been optioned by Idris Elba's production company Green Door Pictures. Godden has been shortlisted for the 4thWrite short story prize and the Ted Hughes Prize. Her work has been widely anthologised and broadcast on radio, TV and film. Her poem Pessimism Is for Lightweights is on permanent display at the People's History Museum, Manchester. She was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022.@salenagodden | salenagodden.co.uk

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A fantastically imaginative story about life, death and everything in between - a potent reminder that life is short and every second should be cherished

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