Mountains of the Moon by I J Kay
A woman in her thirties is released from prison, with a new name and not much else. She begins to make a fresh start but the present is soon invaded by fragments from her past. Unsettling, hallucinatory and without precedent, Mountains of the Moon is the tragic account of a broken life, but, against all expectation, it amounts to something utterly beautiful. Joint winner of the Author’s Club First Novel Award
A beautiful, strange novel about drab, dangerous livesKay's imagination is exuberant, her language musical and her narrative both fantastically intricate and structurally sound -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett * New Statesman *
A brilliant and sad book… The funniest book I’ve read in years. -- Olivia Laing * New Statesman, Book of the Year *
Few 350-page, first-person novels - even fewer contemporary British novels - are unputdownable. This is one of them. -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *
A wonderful voice: funny and fragile, innocent, knowing, tender and tough. I have never encountered another like it...there is nothing simplistic about this bold, unsettling, uplifting novel. Read it. Then read it again. -- Clare Allan * Guardian *
This extraordinary and quite brilliant first novel describes a life that is bumping along at the very bottom... The author manages to present the fragments as a funny, charming, beautiful whole. -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
A brilliant and sad book… The funniest book I’ve read in years. -- Olivia Laing * New Statesman, Book of the Year *
Few 350-page, first-person novels - even fewer contemporary British novels - are unputdownable. This is one of them. -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *
A wonderful voice: funny and fragile, innocent, knowing, tender and tough. I have never encountered another like it...there is nothing simplistic about this bold, unsettling, uplifting novel. Read it. Then read it again. -- Clare Allan * Guardian *
This extraordinary and quite brilliant first novel describes a life that is bumping along at the very bottom... The author manages to present the fragments as a funny, charming, beautiful whole. -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
Mountains of the Moon is I. J. Kay's debut novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224093767 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224093762 |
| Title | Mountains of the Moon |
| Author | I J Kay |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Prizes | Winner of Authors Club Best First Novel Award 2013 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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