In a Strange Room :Author of the 2021 Booker Prize-winning novel THE PROMISE
In a Strange Room :Author of the 2021 Booker Prize-winning novel THE PROMISE
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18 August, 2022
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Description
FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PROMISE
A young man takes three journeys, through Greece, India and Africa. He travels lightly, simply. To those who travel with him and those whom he meets on the way - including a handsome, enigmatic stranger, a group of careless backpackers and a woman on the edge - he is the Follower, the Lover and the Guardian. Yet, despite the man's best intentions, each journey ends in disaster. Together, these three journeys will change his whole life.
A novel of longing and thwarted desire, rage and compassion, In a Strange Room is the hauntingly beautiful evocation of one man's search for love, and a place to call home.
Prizes
Short-listed for The Man Booker Prize 2010 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781838958848 |
| ISBN10 | 1838958843 |
| Number Of Pages | 192 |
| Item Weight | 170 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 14 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Atlantic Books |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
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Author's Bio
Damon Galgut was born in Pretoria in 1963. He wrote his first novel, A Sinless Season, when he was seventeen. His other books include Small Circle of Beings, The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs, The Quarry, The Good Doctor, The Impostor and In A Strange Room. The Good Doctor was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Dublin/IMPAC Award, The Impostor was also shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and In a Strange Room was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 2021 The Promise won the Booker Prize. He lives in Cape Town.