The Absent Therapist: Penguin Special
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Absent Therapist: Penguin Special
By (Author) Will Eaves
Penguin Random House Australia
Penguin Random House Australia
14th August 2015
Australia
Classifications
General
Fiction
Short stories
Short-listed for Goldsmiths Prize 2014
Physical Properties
Paperback
112
Width 113mm, Height 182mm, Spine 10mm
100g
Description
Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2014 The Absent Therapist is a book of soundings, a jostle of voices that variously argue, remember, explain, justify, speculate and meander ...Sons and lovers, wanderers, wonderers, stayers, leavers, readers and believers- 'The biggest surprise of all is frequently that things and people really are as they seem.' 'The whole book is like someone deeply charismatic and charming daring you not to find them insane. It's wonderful.' Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian 'I was gripped and awed by Will Eaves's The Absent Therapist, touching, addictive and unlike any other book.' Thomas Ades, TLS 'Books of the Year' 'The Absent Therapist is a miniature but infinite novel, and unlike anything I've read before. It's just achingly good.' Luke Kennard
Author Bio
Will Eaves is the author of three novels (most recently, This Is Paradise, Picador, 2012) and a collection of poems (Sound Houses, Carcanet, 2011). He was Arts Editor of the Times Literary Supplement from 1995 to 2011, and now teaches at Warwick University.
