History Keeps Me Awake at Night by Christy Edwall Hardcover Book

Description: History Keeps Me Awake at Night by Christy Edwall Flickering between virtual Mexico and actual London, this smart, funny novel follows a woman who is losing herself in the search for what is missing FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Margit is at the point in life when things should have cohered. Shes married, shes got a degree, shes got friends who throw good parties, and yet shes still adrift, moving from one precarious job to the next. One day, a picture of some Mexican students catches her eye in a newspaper. The group of 43 had been ambushed by police in 2014 while travelling on a bus and disappeared without a trace. And so begins Margits obsession with the desaparecidos. As she heads off down the rabbit holes and cul-de-sacs of Google Maps, her idiosyncratic quest to uncover the truth of what happened begins to eclipse pretty much everything else.From a sharp and singular new literary voice, this is a novel that captures the texture of life in a frictionless city with drop-pin accuracy, while asking: is it possible to recover what is lost without losing oneself? Author Biography Christy Edwall was born in South Africa in 1985. She has a doctorate in English Literature from Oxford, and her writing has appeared in Granta.com, Stinging Fly, the Southern Review, and the Times Literary Supplement. She lives in Brighton. Review An intelligent debut... Edwall is a talented writer and I look forward to seeing what she does next * Observer *Fizzes with smart observations on modern life * Daily Mail *It is a zeitgeisty set-up, with the air of a true-crime podcast about it... There is much to admire about this debut * I Newspaper *Theres a real energy and poise to Edwalls prose and she has a delightful eye for the telling detail * Literary Review *With its blend of fact and fiction, History Keeps Me Awake at Night holds its own among other notable books of the genre in recent years... Compelling * Irish Times *Edwalls descriptions of Margits life in London are starkly real, recognizable... Margit is a highly original and memorable protagonist * TLS *A bold, highwire novel... Edwall has produced an existential psychological thriller for aesthetes and lovers of cultural London and the world... A story cleverly told of a young woman involved in contemporary forms of global voyeurism -- Sally BayleyAn intelligent and zeitgeisty debut * Big Issue North * Promotional Flickering between virtual Mexico and actual London, this smart, funny novel follows a woman who is losing herself in the search for what is missing Long Description Flickering between virtual Mexico and actual London, this smart, funny novel follows a woman who is losing herself in the search for what is missing Margit is at the point in life when things should have cohered. Shes married, shes got a degree, shes got friends who throw good parties, and yet shes still adrift, moving from one precarious job to the next. One day, a picture of some Mexican students catches her eye in a newspaper. The group of 43 had been ambushed by police in 2014 while travelling on a bus and disappeared without a trace. And so begins Margits obsession with the desaparecidos. As she heads off down the rabbit holes and cul-de-sacs of Google Maps, her idiosyncratic quest to uncover the truth of what happened begins to eclipse pretty much everything else. From a sharp and singular new literary voice, this is a novel that captures the texture of life in a frictionless city with drop-pin accuracy, while asking: is it possible to recover what is lost without losing oneself? Details ISBN1783788429 Author Christy Edwall Pages 256 Publisher Granta Books Year 2023 ISBN-10 1783788429 ISBN-13 9781783788422 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-02-02 UK Release Date 2023-02-02 Imprint Granta Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-02-02 DEWEY 823.92 Audience General NZ Release Date 2023-04-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141661337;

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