The Rest of Our Lives
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025
Erscheint ca. am 27. März 2025
Buch
Hardcover
256 Seiten
978-0-571-38854-7 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025
'Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend . . . a profoundly moving experience.' ANN PATCHETT
'Deeply human ... a beautifully quiet and devastating book.' SARAH JESSICA PARKER
'Funny, wise and knowing.' CLARE CHAMBERS
When Tom's wife had an affair, he resolved to leave her once their children had grown up. Twelve years later, after driving his daughter to university, he remembers his pact and keeps driving West to visit friends, family and an old girlfriend.
But he also has secrets of his own - trouble at work and health issues - and sometimes running away is the hardest thing to do.
What readers are saying about The Rest of Our Lives:
'What a powerful tale; a really unexpected treasure.' ?????
'Highly recommended if you want to read something real and something that will resonate.' ?????
'The best novel I've read this year.' ?????
'The perfect mix of funny, poignant and thought-provoking.' ?????
'Deeply heartfelt and engrossing . . . I can't stop thinking about it!' ?????
'It packs an emotional punch . . . I know Tom will stay with me for a long time.' ?????
'I loved it - almost a coming-of-old-age story.' ?????
'Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend . . . a profoundly moving experience.' ANN PATCHETT
'Deeply human ... a beautifully quiet and devastating book.' SARAH JESSICA PARKER
'Funny, wise and knowing.' CLARE CHAMBERS
When Tom's wife had an affair, he resolved to leave her once their children had grown up. Twelve years later, after driving his daughter to university, he remembers his pact and keeps driving West to visit friends, family and an old girlfriend.
But he also has secrets of his own - trouble at work and health issues - and sometimes running away is the hardest thing to do.
What readers are saying about The Rest of Our Lives:
'What a powerful tale; a really unexpected treasure.' ?????
'Highly recommended if you want to read something real and something that will resonate.' ?????
'The best novel I've read this year.' ?????
'The perfect mix of funny, poignant and thought-provoking.' ?????
'Deeply heartfelt and engrossing . . . I can't stop thinking about it!' ?????
'It packs an emotional punch . . . I know Tom will stay with me for a long time.' ?????
'I loved it - almost a coming-of-old-age story.' ?????
Weitere Details
Auflage
Main
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Maße
Höhe: 219 mm
Breite: 139 mm
Dicke: 28 mm
Gewicht
366 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-38854-7 (9780571388547)
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Person
Benjamin Markovits grew up in Texas, London and Berlin. He has published essays, stories, poetry and reviews in the Guardian, Granta, The Paris Review and The New York Times, among others. In 2013 Granta selected him as one of their Best of Young British Novelists and in 2015 he won the Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He lives in London and teaches creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.