Jubilate

Carries you through with humour, warmth and, above all, the urgency of a great romance * Guardian *Combines a moving story of love against the odds with a moral debate on the nature of faith. Despite its serious theme Jubilate is a highly readable novel, full of humour and warmthClosing this novel after reading the last page, one briefly believes in miracles, at least of the human redemptive kind * Independent on Sunday *The reader retains a quiet sense of celebration indeed, jubilation as people face the crosses they must bear with as much dignity as they can muster * Daily Telegraph *Arditti does indeed take the reader on a very different kind of a literary journey, as enjoyable as it is unusual. Jubilate is something to celebrate indeed * Independent *Arditti is a nimble, dry guide to the meandering streets and kitsch architectural delights of Lourdes and the extremes of emotions it elicits from its pilgrims * The Times *I was amazed at how emotional this book is. What makes the book so poignant, and so urgent, is that the ethics of choice, and how we care for one another, are made to matter, not just to the characters but also to the readers * Literary Review *

Michael Arditti is a novelist, short story writer, and critic.

Novels:

• The Celibate (1993)
• Pagan and her Parents (also published as Pagan’s Father in the USA) (1996)
• Easter (2000)
• Unity (2005)
• A Sea Change (2006)
• The Enemy of the Good (2009)
• Jubilate (2011)
• The Breath of Night (2013)
• Widows and Orphans (2016)
• Of Men and Angels (2018)
• The Anointed (2020)

Short Story Collection:

• Good Clean Fun (2004)

Awards and Residencies:

• Harold Hyam Wingate Scholarship (2000)
• Royal Literary Fund Fellowship (2001)
• Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Award (2003)
• Arts Council Awards (2004, 2007)
• Leverhulme Artist in Residence at the Freud Museum (2008)
• Winner of the inaugural Waterstone’s Mardi Gras award for Easter
• Honorary DLitt from the University of Chester (2012)

His novels have been short- and long-listed for several literary awards.

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