26a - Hardcover

Evans, Diana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060820918 ISBN 13: 9780060820916

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2005

Synopsis

Sharing childhood dreams and their struggles for survival from the attic bedroom of their traumatized parents' home, identical twins Georgia and Bessi Hunter and their two sisters endeavor to forge identities in spite of the realities of impending adulthood. A first novel. 30,000 first printing.

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Review:

'A sparky debut novel...Enthralling...this bittersweet fusion of fairytales and nightmares is sugared by nostalgia and salted with sadness' -- Daily Mail

'An exciting and vibrant read. It's a weird and wonderful fairy-tale...26a is a brilliant and great read' -- Sunday Express

'Diana Evans is chosen as one of the most influential figures in black Britain.'
-- Independent on Sunday magazine

'Evans has her own distinctive voice: highly coloured, linguistically inventive...Evans has a powerful and often beguiling imagination' -- Daily Telegraph

'Very enjoyable...beautifully realized and wholly convincing...Evans writes with tremendous verve and dash.' -- Independent

'[A] remarkable first novel...vibrant...exotic' -- Sunday Times

The great Neasden novel has arrived...Evans' Neasden of the 1980s becomes a place of mystery, fantasy, joy and melancholy -- Boyd Tonkin, The Independent, Rising Star of 2005

From the Publisher:

Diana Evans is the new literary voice of multicultural Britain. Her unforgettable first novel has all the heartbreak of Brick Lane and all the vibrancy of White Teeth, but a very special magic of its own.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060820918
• ISBN 13: 9780060820916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 277