In the Company of Angels by Thomas E Kennedy
A luminous love story and an internationally acclaimed masterpiece, published in the UK for the first time
‘Thomas EKennedy is an astonishment, and In the Company of Angels is as elegant as it is beautiful, as important as it is profound. A marvel of a read' * Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao *
‘The combination of subtle, beautiful prose and searingly painful realities make In the Company of Angels a story that lingers in the intellect as pervasively as in the heart. An astonishing, wise novel of our times' * Liz Jensen, author of The Ninth Life of Louis Drax *
‘Tragic, wise, comic, profound ... An epic of the human heart struggling for meaning and redemption' * Literary Review *
'A moving love story woven from a delicate web of emotions ... remarkable' * Time Out *
‘The combination of subtle, beautiful prose and searingly painful realities make In the Company of Angels a story that lingers in the intellect as pervasively as in the heart. An astonishing, wise novel of our times' * Liz Jensen, author of The Ninth Life of Louis Drax *
‘Tragic, wise, comic, profound ... An epic of the human heart struggling for meaning and redemption' * Literary Review *
'A moving love story woven from a delicate web of emotions ... remarkable' * Time Out *
Thomas E. Kennedy was born in New York. He has lived in Copenhagen for over two decades, and has worked, among other things, as a translator for Copenhagen's Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims. He is the author of eight novels, as well as several collections of short stories and essays, and has won numerous awards including the Eric Hoffer Award, the Pushcart Prize, the O. Henry Prize and the National Magazine Award. He teaches creative writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and is the father of two grown children who live in Denmark.
In the Company of Angels was first published in Ireland in 2004, as Greene's Summer, to rapturous critical acclaim. It is one of four novels comprising the Copenhagen Quartet, and is the first of Kennedy's books to be published in the UK. Its simultaneous British-American publication by Bloomsbury marks the arrival of a hitherto undiscovered master.
In the Company of Angels was first published in Ireland in 2004, as Greene's Summer, to rapturous critical acclaim. It is one of four novels comprising the Copenhagen Quartet, and is the first of Kennedy's books to be published in the UK. Its simultaneous British-American publication by Bloomsbury marks the arrival of a hitherto undiscovered master.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408809846 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408809842 |
| Title | In the Company of Angels |
| Author | Thomas E Kennedy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2011-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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