Live; Live; Live

Live; Live; Live
Jonathan Buckley
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Trade Paperback
h216 x 135mm - 288pg
16 Jul 2020 UK
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9781908745873
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The lapping of the sea was a lesson in mortality...'Live,' he heard, with each whisper of the water. 'Live; live; live.'Through Lucas Judd, the dead make contact with the living, or so he believes, or professes to believe. He is a man of such penetrating insight and empathy that many have faith in his gift. They confide in him, and find consolation. Even Joshua, his sceptical young neighbour, seems drawn by his compassionate sophistry. But when Erin, a much younger woman, shadowed by recent grief, moves in with Lucas, the focus of Joshua's fascination begins to shift.Such are the surface ripples of this poignant and precisely attuned novel. It's depths reveal the largest of themes - mortality and love, and the way in which the souls of those with whom we shared our experiences inhabit our memories. Characters appear and recede, to reappear once again as the narrative shifts direction. Living voices merge with the multitudes of the dead, leaving their trace or fading away, for now.Live; Live; Live is a beautiful, deeply resonant work by a novelist at the height of his powers.
Transience and mortality suffuse Buckley's novel ...it sparkles with intelligence and zest for life's pleasures. -- Peter Kemp * Sunday Times *
Jonathan Buckley is one of the UK's most cultured and original novelists writing today. -- Neil Griffiths * Republic of Consciousness *
A scintillating display of literary flair ... Jonathan Buckley is a novelist of unusual excellence. * The Times *
This wise, thought-provoking novel deserves to be read and reread. -- Michel Faber
Jonathan Buckley is the acclaimed author of Nostalgia and The Great Concert of the Night. Live; Live; Live is his eleventh novel. He was the 2015 winner of the BBC National Short Story Award and has also written several guidebooks to various parts of Italy. He lives in Hove.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781908745873
Published: 16 Jul 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Sort of Books
Publisher: Sort of Books
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 272g
Pages: 288

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