Night Waking
Night Waking
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'Night Waking is a brilliantly observed comedy of 21st-century manners. It's also a tightly plotted mystery that keeps the reader wondering, and hoping, until the final page' - Louise Welch
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Night Waking by Sarah Moss
'Humorous, sad and clever ... a passionately written meditation on motherhood' Sunday Times Anna Bennett hasn't slept in months. She also has an insomniac toddler, a precocious, death-obsessed seven-year-old, and a frequently-absent ecologist husband who has brought them all to a desolate island in the Hebrides so he can count the puffins. When her son finds a baby's skeleton buried in the garden, Anna must confront the island's troubled past, while finding a way to live with the complex demands of motherhood. Night Waking is a deeply moving and blackly funny tale from one of the great feminist observers of modern family life. 'Sarah Moss writes the kind of books that are difficult to put down' Louise Welch, Financial Times 'Moss writes marvellously (and often hilariously).' The Times
Tartly humorous, sad and clever.. a passionately written meditation on motherhood, with all the monotony, desperation and visceral feelings faithfully recorded -- Elizabeth Buchan * Sunday Times *
Moss writes marvellously (and often hilariously) about the clash between career and motherhood. Allison Pearson for intellectuals -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
Fresh and illuminating... [Sarah] Moss is a wry, winning guide * Guardian *
Highly enjoyable... The upbeat conclusion to this blend of middle-class satire, historical fiction and campus novel does not soften Moss's withering take on sexism and her stark view of motherhood -- Anthony Cummins * Daily Telegraph *
An original and accomplished novel * Daily Mail *
Sarah Moss's debut, Cold Earth, was a stylish thriller set on a remote archaeological dig in Greenland. Here she takes the emotional isolation of early parenthood as her subject, intensifying the experience by transplanting a young family to a remote Scottish island ... In her previous book, a character noted that there was "some peace in having a kind of room of my own, even if it is a grave." This latest work explores the concept further with some startling results' -- Emma Hagestadt * Independent *
Sarah Moss weaves in perceptions about motherhood, attitudes to children and attempts to improve the world... she demonstrates that she can handle a darkly comic narrative with the best of them - although Night Waking is much more than that -- Tina Jackson * Metro *
Witty with dark humour ... Moss manages to wave the threads together quite expertly at the end -- Alastair Mabbott * Herald *
The prose is flawless and elegant... [A] well-crafted, and intelligent read, and enlightening at times. It inspired me to find out more about the horrendous Highland Clearances * Matthew James Hunt blog *
There are many layers to this book - political, feminist, artistic... beautifully written * Magnet Magazine *
Moss writes marvellously (and often hilariously) about the clash between career and motherhood. Allison Pearson for intellectuals -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
Fresh and illuminating... [Sarah] Moss is a wry, winning guide * Guardian *
Highly enjoyable... The upbeat conclusion to this blend of middle-class satire, historical fiction and campus novel does not soften Moss's withering take on sexism and her stark view of motherhood -- Anthony Cummins * Daily Telegraph *
An original and accomplished novel * Daily Mail *
Sarah Moss's debut, Cold Earth, was a stylish thriller set on a remote archaeological dig in Greenland. Here she takes the emotional isolation of early parenthood as her subject, intensifying the experience by transplanting a young family to a remote Scottish island ... In her previous book, a character noted that there was "some peace in having a kind of room of my own, even if it is a grave." This latest work explores the concept further with some startling results' -- Emma Hagestadt * Independent *
Sarah Moss weaves in perceptions about motherhood, attitudes to children and attempts to improve the world... she demonstrates that she can handle a darkly comic narrative with the best of them - although Night Waking is much more than that -- Tina Jackson * Metro *
Witty with dark humour ... Moss manages to wave the threads together quite expertly at the end -- Alastair Mabbott * Herald *
The prose is flawless and elegant... [A] well-crafted, and intelligent read, and enlightening at times. It inspired me to find out more about the horrendous Highland Clearances * Matthew James Hunt blog *
There are many layers to this book - political, feminist, artistic... beautifully written * Magnet Magazine *
SARAH MOSS was educated at Oxford University and is currently an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Warwick. She is the author of two novels; Cold Earth (Granta 2010), and Night Waking, which was selected for the Fiction Uncovered Award in 2011, and she is the co-author of Chocolate: A Global History. She spent 2009-10 as a visiting lecturer at the University of Reykjavik.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847082701 |
| ISBN 10 | 184708270X |
| Title | Night Waking |
| Author | Sarah Moss |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2012-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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