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The Fish Paperback – 1 March 2022
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From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Mister Pip comes a poetic, dreamlike novel for fans of Max Porter's Lanny and the works of George Saunders.
Then she lifts the Fish up from the bassinet and holds him out to me.
'Go on, take him.' And to the Fish she says, 'This is
your uncle.'
I manage to clap my hands either side of the fish bundle. But I feel like I am holding an expensive glass. Once you're told not to drop it, all you can think of is the glass shattering across the floor.
When the baby is born-in a shabby caravan at a beach campground-it's clear he is not like other babies. But the family will try hard to protect and love and accept him. Perhaps all the more to make up for letting his troubled mother down.
The young uncle grapples with his connection to the Fish. And as he tries to understand his family and its confusing secrets and shame, his sense of his own place in the world begins to crumble.
Lloyd Jones's unique lyrical style is mesmerising in this tender story of family bonds, both strained and strengthened by tragedy, and the redemptive power of writing.
Then she lifts the Fish up from the bassinet and holds him out to me.
'Go on, take him.' And to the Fish she says, 'This is
your uncle.'
I manage to clap my hands either side of the fish bundle. But I feel like I am holding an expensive glass. Once you're told not to drop it, all you can think of is the glass shattering across the floor.
When the baby is born-in a shabby caravan at a beach campground-it's clear he is not like other babies. But the family will try hard to protect and love and accept him. Perhaps all the more to make up for letting his troubled mother down.
The young uncle grapples with his connection to the Fish. And as he tries to understand his family and its confusing secrets and shame, his sense of his own place in the world begins to crumble.
Lloyd Jones's unique lyrical style is mesmerising in this tender story of family bonds, both strained and strengthened by tragedy, and the redemptive power of writing.
- Print length272 pages
- PublisherText Publishing
- Publication date1 March 2022
- Dimensions15.4 x 1.2 x 23.4 cm
- ISBN-101922458414
- ISBN-13978-1922458414
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About the Author
Lloyd Jones was born in New Zealand. His best-known works include Mister Pip, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, The Book of Fame, winner of numerous literary awards, Hand Me Down World, A History of Silence and The Cage.
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- Publisher : Text Publishing (1 March 2022)
- Paperback : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1922458414
- ISBN-13 : 978-1922458414
- Dimensions : 15.4 x 1.2 x 23.4 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 47,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Lloyd Jones is the author of several novels and short story collections which include Mister Pip, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize best book award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007, The Book of Fame and Hand Me Down World, which was shortlisted for the Berlin International Prize. He has also published a memoir, A History of Silence. He lives in New Zealand.
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