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2009 Longlist

The Stone Gods

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

This new world weighs a yatto-gram. But everything is trial-size; tread-on-me-tiny or blurred-out-of-focus huge. There are leaves that have grown as big as cities, and there are birds that nest in cockleshells. On the white sand there are long-toed claw prints deep as nightmares, and there are rock pools in hand-hollows finned by fish…

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Janette
Winterson

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

In this funny, polemical and fast-paced account of our own planetary story and imaginary future, Winterson successfully combines devastating social commentary with a tender and playful tale of love amidst destruction.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
England
Original Language
English
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton Ltd.

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