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The Crane Wife
The Crane Wife
paperback
Published:
6 February, 2014
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Description
THE EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENS EVERYDAY
One night, George Duncan is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white crane has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the Chaimoment he watches it fly away, his life is transformed. The next day, a beautiful woman called Kumiko walks into his shop and begins to tell him the most extraordinary story.
Wise, romantic, magical and funny, The Crane Wife is a celebration of the disruptive and redemptive power of love.
Prizes
Short-listed for National Book Awards UK Author of the Year 2013 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780857868749 |
| ISBN10 | 0857868748 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 200 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 200 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Canongate Books |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
Patrick Ness is on top form here . . . The Crane Wife is a tale full of bittersweet wonder with a very human soul. A treat. -- Matt Haig
The Crane Wife is a special novel: a perfect fusion of surreal imagery and beautifully crafted internal logic. Turning it over in my hands once I'd finished, I began to think of it as the literary equivalent of a Japanese puzzle box with poetry, ideas and jokes twisting and sliding out of it at surprising angles -- Helen Brown * * Daily Telegraph * *
Delightful and heart-warming * * Grazia * *
The dialogue is natural and inspired, and sparkles with latent tension * * Independent on Sunday * *
A lovely and magical book -- T.C. Boyle
This is a novel that treads with feather-deft steps through ordinary lives touched by magic, then takes flight on wing beats of powerful storytelling -- ALI SHAW, author of The Girl with Glass Feet
A heart-warmingly deranged new voice * * Guardian * *
When George and his daughter, with their seemingly ordinary quirks and heartbreaks, are befriended by an enigmatic woman, art, beauty, and myth become living forces in their lives. This poignant novel echoes with the longings and sorrows of the ages. But what came as a most delightful surprise is the humor and humanity that Patrick Ness brings to this story -- EOWYN IVEY, author of The Snow Child
Ness is both accessible and sophisticated, handling big subjects in prose that is simple and heart-stopping -- Sunday Times (on the Chaos Walking trilogy)
An insanely beautiful writer * * Time Magazine * *
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Author's Bio
Patrick Ness is the author of many novels including The Knife of Never Letting Go and a short story collection. He has won the Carnegie Medal twice, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Costa Children's Book Award and has been shortlisted for the Waterstones UK Author of the Year category in the 2013 National Book Awards. In 2012, his bestselling novel A Monster Calls became the first ever to win both the Kate Greenaway and Carnegie Medals. His books are published in over twenty languages. Born in America, he lives in London.