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Light Perpetual

by Francis Spufford
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** Includes the first chapter from the hugely anticipated new novel from Francis Spufford, Cahokia Jazz. ** 'Dazzling.' The Times 'Exceptional.' Guardian 'Brilliant.' Observer 'Extraordinary.' Financial Times 'A miracle.' Wall Street Journal *Winner of the RSL Encore Award* *Longlisted for the Booker Prize* November 1944. A German rocket strikes London, and five young lives are atomised in an instant. November 1944. That rocket never lands. A single second in time is altered, and five young lives go on - to experience all the unimaginable changes of the twentieth century. Because maybe there are always other futures. Other chances. From the best-selling, prize-winning author of Golden Hill, Light Perpetual is a story of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting. Ingenious and profound, full of warmth and beauty, it is a sweeping and intimate celebration of the gift of life.
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Publisher: Faber & Faber

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  • ISBN: 9780571336500
  • Release date: February 2, 2021

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  • ISBN: 9780571336500
  • File size: 554 KB
  • Release date: February 2, 2021
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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

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** Includes the first chapter from the hugely anticipated new novel from Francis Spufford, Cahokia Jazz. ** 'Dazzling.' The Times 'Exceptional.' Guardian 'Brilliant.' Observer 'Extraordinary.' Financial Times 'A miracle.' Wall Street Journal *Winner of the RSL Encore Award* *Longlisted for the Booker Prize* November 1944. A German rocket strikes London, and five young lives are atomised in an instant. November 1944. That rocket never lands. A single second in time is altered, and five young lives go on - to experience all the unimaginable changes of the twentieth century. Because maybe there are always other futures. Other chances. From the best-selling, prize-winning author of Golden Hill, Light Perpetual is a story of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting. Ingenious and profound, full of warmth and beauty, it is a sweeping and intimate celebration of the gift of life.
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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction