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Dear Thief (Folio Prize Nominee)
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Pub Date
25 Sep 2014
| Archive Date
15 Feb 2015
Description
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 FOLIO PRIZE
A novel about female friendship, betrayal and imagination from the prize-winning author of The Wilderness and All is Song
In the middle of a winter’s night, a woman wraps
herself in a blanket, picks up a pen and starts writing to an estranged
friend. In answer to a question you asked a long time ago, she writes, and so begins a letter that calls up a shared past both women have preferred to forget.
Without
knowing if her friend, Butterfly, is even alive or dead, she writes
night after night – a letter of friendship that turns into something
more revealing and recriminating. By turns a belated outlet of rage, an
act of self-defence, and an offering of forgiveness, the letter revisits
a betrayal that happened a decade and a half before, and dissects what
is left of a friendship caught between the forces of hatred and love.
The thoughtfulness, intensity and sheer beauty of her writing in her first two novels, The Wilderness and All Is Song, brought Samantha Harvey both huge acclaim and many prize shortlistings. Those readers who loved those novels will fall on Dear Thief with relief and delight.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 FOLIO PRIZE
A novel about female friendship, betrayal and imagination from the prize-winning author of The Wilderness and All is Song
In the middle of a winter’s night, a woman...
Description
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 FOLIO PRIZE
A novel about female friendship, betrayal and imagination from the prize-winning author of The Wilderness and All is Song
In the middle of a winter’s night, a woman wraps
herself in a blanket, picks up a pen and starts writing to an estranged
friend. In answer to a question you asked a long time ago, she writes, and so begins a letter that calls up a shared past both women have preferred to forget.
Without
knowing if her friend, Butterfly, is even alive or dead, she writes
night after night – a letter of friendship that turns into something
more revealing and recriminating. By turns a belated outlet of rage, an
act of self-defence, and an offering of forgiveness, the letter revisits
a betrayal that happened a decade and a half before, and dissects what
is left of a friendship caught between the forces of hatred and love.
The thoughtfulness, intensity and sheer beauty of her writing in her first two novels, The Wilderness and All Is Song, brought Samantha Harvey both huge acclaim and many prize shortlistings. Those readers who loved those novels will fall on Dear Thief with relief and delight.
A Note From the Publisher
UK edition – available to read in UK, Eruope and Commonwealth excluding Canada.
UK edition – available to read in UK, Eruope and Commonwealth excluding Canada.
Advance Praise
Praise for The Wilderness:
'Brave and intelligent...a mesmerising work.'
Independent
'An
extraordinary dramatisation of a mind in the process of
disintegration... Brilliant - read it now, before it scoops up all the
prizes.'
The Times
'A stunning composition of human fragility and intensity.'
Guardian
Praise for All is Song:
'This
beautifully written composition does that rare thing, of provoking free
thought, while scrutinising the far-reaching repercussions of such
rebellious activity.'Freya McClelland, Independent
'Harvey's prose is graceful and unhurried, full of sharp observation and moments of subtly understated pathos.'
Carol Birch, Guardian
'Harvey is a master of language, adept at both Wildean one-liners...and more profound expression.'
Rosamund Urwin, Evening Standard
Praise for The Wilderness:
'Brave and intelligent...a mesmerising work.'
Independent
'An extraordinary dramatisation of a mind in the process of disintegration... Brilliant - read it now, before it...
Advance Praise
Praise for The Wilderness:
'Brave and intelligent...a mesmerising work.'
Independent
'An
extraordinary dramatisation of a mind in the process of
disintegration... Brilliant - read it now, before it scoops up all the
prizes.'
The Times
'A stunning composition of human fragility and intensity.'
Guardian
Praise for All is Song:
'This
beautifully written composition does that rare thing, of provoking free
thought, while scrutinising the far-reaching repercussions of such
rebellious activity.'Freya McClelland, Independent
'Harvey's prose is graceful and unhurried, full of sharp observation and moments of subtly understated pathos.'
Carol Birch, Guardian
'Harvey is a master of language, adept at both Wildean one-liners...and more profound expression.'
Rosamund Urwin, Evening Standard
Marketing Plan
The writing is absolutely extraordinary - this is bound to win prizes and bring Sam to a new readership.
The Wilderness won the Betty Trask Prize, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and for the Guardian First Book Prize
The writing is absolutely extraordinary - this is bound to win prizes and bring Sam to a new readership.
The Wilderness won the Betty Trask Prize, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted...
Marketing Plan
The writing is absolutely extraordinary - this is bound to win prizes and bring Sam to a new readership.
The Wilderness won the Betty Trask Prize, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and for the Guardian First Book Prize
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Hardcover |
| ISBN |
9780224101721 |
| PRICE |
£16.99 (GBP)
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Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Hardcover |
| ISBN |
9780224101721 |
| PRICE |
£16.99 (GBP)
|
Available to Buy
Buy on Bookshop.org
Buy on Waterstones
*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.
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