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The Quiet Woman

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Quiet Woman

Contributors:

By (Author) Christopher Priest

ISBN:

9780575121706

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Imprint:

Gollancz

Publication Date:

10th February 2015

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

823.914

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

240

Dimensions:

Width 199mm, Height 133mm, Spine 19mm

Weight:

230g

Description

THE QUIET WOMAN stitches together a horrifyingly plausable near-future dystopian Britain and a typically Priestian account of an individual lost in the blurred boundaries between the real and the imagined. It is a novel that bears comparison with the work of Kazuo Ishiguro and A.S. Byatt as well as that of John Wyndham.

In a country that has lost its way memories of past lives are distracting Alice Stockton. Living alone after the break up of her marriage she makes a precarious living as a biographer yet finds herself powerfully and inexplicably influenced by the lives of others.

A novel of uncertain personal histories and literary mystery set in a disturbingly real dystopian Britain, THE QUIET WOMAN is vintage Christopher Priest.

Christopher Priest is a genre-leading author of SFF fiction. His novel, THE PRESTIGE, won a number of awards and was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated film directed by Christopher Nolan (TENET, INCEPTION) starring Hugh Jackman (THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, X-MEN), Christian Bale (THE BIG SHORT, BATMAN BEGINS), Michael Caine (THE ITALIAN JOB) and Scarlett Johansson (MARRIAGE STORY, THE AVENGERS).

Author Bio

Christopher Priest is one of the most acclaimed authors of literary SF in the world. He has won multiple awards and is revered in both genre and literary circles. He now lives in Hastings.

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