Heart the Lover by Lily King
From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes an achingly beautiful and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, loss, and the lasting impact of first love
Praise for Lily King: 'Lily King is one of our great literary treasures -- MADELINE MILLER
Lily King writes with a great generosity of spirit -- ANN PATCHETT
King is one of our finest cartographers of the human heart * * Time * *
Gorgeous! -- ELIZABETH STROUT
Dazzling -- EMMA DONOGHUE
Funny and immensely clever -- TESSA HADLEY
A careful, intelligent writer * * Times Literary Supplement * *
Glorious. . I would have followed those sentences anywhere -- EMMA STRAUB
Vivid, moving, immersive -- MARIAN KEYES
In our time of anxiety and isolation, King writes stories to curl up in, by which I mean they afford us something rarely celebrated in literature: comfort * * New York Times Book Review * *
Lily King writes with a great generosity of spirit -- ANN PATCHETT
King is one of our finest cartographers of the human heart * * Time * *
Gorgeous! -- ELIZABETH STROUT
Dazzling -- EMMA DONOGHUE
Funny and immensely clever -- TESSA HADLEY
A careful, intelligent writer * * Times Literary Supplement * *
Glorious. . I would have followed those sentences anywhere -- EMMA STRAUB
Vivid, moving, immersive -- MARIAN KEYES
In our time of anxiety and isolation, King writes stories to curl up in, by which I mean they afford us something rarely celebrated in literature: comfort * * New York Times Book Review * *
Lily King is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Euphoria and Writers & Lovers, and the story collection Five Tuesdays in Winter. Her work has won numerous prizes and awards, including the Kirkus Prize, the New England Book Award for Fiction, the Maine Book Award for Fiction, a MacDowell Fellowship and a Whiting Award. She lives in Portland, Maine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781837265497 |
| ISBN 10 | 1837265496 |
| Title | Heart the Lover |
| Author | Lily King |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2025-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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