Summary
THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
‘A marvellous book … I just loved it all, and have a permanently marked-up, dog-eared copy on my shelf for the next generation’ - Tom Hanks
‘Furious and fascinating’ - The Times
Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241482728 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241482720 |
| Author: | Anna Funder |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 17 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 44mm |
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Critics Review
A marvelous book … I just loved it all, and have a permanently marked-up, dog-eared copy on my shelf for the next generation. * Tom Hanks *Simply, a masterpiece. Here, Anna Funder not only re-makes the art of biography, she resurrects a woman in full. – Geraldine Brooks, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for FictionTruly wonderful… Anna Funder has written another brilliant human portrait. – Claire TomalinElectrifying… Daring in both form and content, Funder’s book is a nuanced, sophisticated literary achievement * Kirkus *
About The Author
Anna Funder
Anna Funder is the author of the international bestsellers Stasiland and All That I Am. In 2004 Stasiland won the Samuel Johnson Prize and, along with All That I Am, has been published in twenty-six countries. All That I Am won the Miles Franklin Award, and was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. It was also chosen as a BBC Book of the Week and Book at Bedtime.
Anna was originally trained as an international human rights lawyer. She lives in Sydney.
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