Minds of Winter
$38.53
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2018
Summary
Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017.
‘Ed O’Loughlin is a skilled cartographer of both the Arctic and the human heart. What a magnificent novel’ Ron Rash
‘A brilliant paean to the obsessions of the polar explorers … stupendously good’ Australian
‘Vastly entertaining’ Sunday Times
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780871745 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780871740 |
| Author: | Ed O'Loughlin |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 345g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 147mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
An extraordinary tale that warps actual history into something conjoined, poetic and thrilling … [A] marvel of a novel.
Minds of Winter is a remarkable feat of imagination, empathy, and research. Past and present merge to convey the polar landscape’s immense mysteries, and the lives of those voyagers compelled to seek answers in its icy expanses. Ed O’Loughlin is a skilled cartographer of both the Arctic and the human heart. What a magnificent novel. - Ron Rash
A novel wondrous in its tone and reach. - Irish TimesA spellbinding tale of adventures and explorers, spies and outlaws, of derring-do, self-sacrifice and impossible feats of endurance … In the sheer brio of its storytelling, it brings to mind Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence or David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas - profound, yes, but terrific fun, too. - Irish Examiner[A] brilliant paean to the obsessions of the polar explorers … stupendously good. - AustralianIntricately structured … thoroughly researched … The Arctic itself is a central character. - Times Literary SupplementIn both concept and execution the novel is a serious piece of work at once vastly entertaining and ambitious. - Sunday TimesA compelling and hugely ambitious novel. - Mail on SundayAn extraordinary tale that warps actual history into something conjoined, poetic and thrilling … [A] marvel of a novel. - Independent on SundayAbout The Author
Ed O'Loughlin
Ed O’Loughlin was born in Toronto and raised in Ireland. He reported from Africa for the Irish Times, and was Middle East correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age of Melbourne. His first novel, Not Untrue & Not Unkind was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009. His second novel, Toploader, was published by Quercus in 2011.
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