This Is Not a Novel
This Is Not a Novel
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This Is Not a Novel by Jennifer Johnston
A stunning novel of longing, memory and abandonment, from one of Ireland's best-loved writers
The quiet, elegiac prose is well sustained * Guardian *
Characters damaged by their upbringing are Jennifer Johnston's metier, and echoes are a favourite motifIn what is, despite its title, a very fine novel, the tragedies of her family's past recur as Imogen's words resound off the coastal bay. A taut narrative, pared prose and lyrical imagery add up to a sad affirmation of Philip Larkin's adage * Saturday Telegraph *
Characteristically wry [and] intelligent * Eileen Battersby, Irish Times *
Characters damaged by their upbringing are Jennifer Johnston's metier, and echoes are a favourite motifIn what is, despite its title, a very fine novel, the tragedies of her family's past recur as Imogen's words resound off the coastal bay. A taut narrative, pared prose and lyrical imagery add up to a sad affirmation of Philip Larkin's adage * Saturday Telegraph *
Characteristically wry [and] intelligent * Eileen Battersby, Irish Times *
Jennifer Johnston, who died in 2025, was one of the foremost Irish writers of her generation. She was awarded the Whitbread Prize (THE OLD JEST), the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS), the Yorkshire Post Award, Best Book of the Year (twice, for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS and HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON?). She was also been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, with SHADOWS ON OUR SKIN, and won the Irish Book Awards Lifetime Achievement prize, in company with Seamus Heaney, John Banville and John McMahon
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780747269465 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747269467 |
| Title | This Is Not a Novel |
| Author | Jennifer Johnston |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2003-07-07 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |