The Crimson Petal And The White by Michel Faber
Sugar, an alluring, nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs Castaway, yearns for a better life and her ascent through the strata of 1870's London society offers us intimacy with a host of loveable, maddening and superbly realised characters.
From the opening pages it is clear that Faber writes some of the most ravishingly beautiful prose of any young writer. . Moreover, Faber executes a very daring manipulation of voice. * * Scotland On Sunday * *
This is superb writing, consumate artistry. . . here is a book with balls and brains. It's a veritable feast. . . Don't be put off by the size. A month in the company of this mighty book is worth a year in the company of five dozen others. * * bookmunch.co.uk * *
This is an unputdownable book; there is no choice but to give in to this most unbelievably pleasurable of narrative rides. From Pointillism to broad brushstroke bravura, the prose seems to be on some benign, timed-release speed: its pace in unflagging, its onward rush irresistible. . . Faber's take on the 19th - century English novel is a heady and intoxicating mixture of affection, respect and scabrous resistance. * * The Times * *
unputdownable * * The Guardian * *
This is superb writing, consumate artistry. . . here is a book with balls and brains. It's a veritable feast. . . Don't be put off by the size. A month in the company of this mighty book is worth a year in the company of five dozen others. * * bookmunch.co.uk * *
This is an unputdownable book; there is no choice but to give in to this most unbelievably pleasurable of narrative rides. From Pointillism to broad brushstroke bravura, the prose seems to be on some benign, timed-release speed: its pace in unflagging, its onward rush irresistible. . . Faber's take on the 19th - century English novel is a heady and intoxicating mixture of affection, respect and scabrous resistance. * * The Times * *
unputdownable * * The Guardian * *
MICHEL FABER has written seven books, including the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, The Fahrenheit Twins and the Whitbread-shortlisted novel Under the Skin. The Apple, based on characters in The Crimson Petal and the White, was published in 2006. He has also written two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps (2001) and The Courage Consort (2002), and has won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the Scottish Highlands
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841954318 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841954314 |
| Title | The Crimson Petal And The White |
| Author | Michel Faber |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2003-09-11 |
| Number of pages | 984 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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