Burnt Sugar

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020<br><br>LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021<br><br>WINNER OF THE SUSHILA DEVI AWARD 2021<br><br>NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2021<br><br>A searing debut novel about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal - for fans of Jenny Offill, Deborah Levy, Rachel Cusk and Diana Evans<br>'Beautifully written, emotionally wrenching and poignant in equal measure' The Booker Prize Judges 2020<br>'An unsettling, sinewy debut, startling in its venom and disarming in its humour from the very first sentence' Guardian<br><br>'I would be lying if I said my mother's misery has never given me pleasure.'<br><br>This is a tale of obsession and betrayal. This is a poisoned love story. But not between lovers - between mother and daughter. <br><br>Tara and Antara, a woman and her angry shadow. But which one is which?<br><br>Sharp as a blade and compulsively readable, Burnt Sugar slowly untangles the knot of memory and rumour that binds two women together, revealing the truth that lies beneath.<br><br>'A work of extraordinary insight, courage and sophistication' Washington Post<br><br>'Arresting and fiercely intelligent, disarmingly witty and frank' Sunday Times <br><br>'A sly, slippery, often heartbreaking novel about the role memory plays within families' Stylist<br><br>'Extraordinary... Come for the effortlessly stylish writing, stay for the boiling wrath' Observer

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241989142

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

127 x 197 x 18 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)