The Quiet Woman by Christopher Priest - ISBN: 9780575121706
Paperback
Dystopian Britain, blurred memories, a biographer lost in lives.

The Quiet Woman

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    10 February 2015

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Summary

THE QUIET WOMAN stitches together a horrifyingly plausible near-future dystopian Britain and a typically Priestian account of an individual lost in the blurred boundaries between the real and the imagined. It is a novel that bears comparison with the work of Kazuo Ishiguro and A.S. Byatt as well as that of John Wyndham.

In a country that has lost its way, memories of past lives are distracting Alice Stockton. Living alone after the break up of her marriage, she makes a precarious livi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780575121706
ISBN-10:057512170X
Author:Christopher Priest
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Gollancz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:10 February 2015
Weight:230g
Dimensions:133mm x 199mm x 19mm
About The Author

Christopher Priest

Christopher Priest is one of the most acclaimed authors of literary SF in the world. He has won multiple awards and is revered in both genre and literary circles. He now lives in Hastings.

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