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WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD PRIZE FOR FICTION 1996
WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE 1997
'A narrative both sparkling and deep... the cost of raising [the Titanic] is prohibitive; Bainbridge does the next best thing' Hilary Mantel
'Brilliant...do not miss this novel' Daily Telegraph
'A moving, microcosmic portrait of an era's bitter end' The Times
For the four fraught, mysterious days of her doomed maiden voyage in 1912, the Titanic sails towards New York, glittering with luxury, freighted with millionaires and hopefuls. In her labyrinthine passageways the last, secret hours of a small group of passengers are played out, their fate sealed in prose of startling, sublime beauty, as Beryl Bainbridge's haunting masterpiece moves inexorably to its known and terrible end.
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About the Author
Beryl Bainbridge was one of the greatest living novelists. Author of seventeen novels, two travel books and five plays for stage and television, she was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and won many literary awards including the Whitbread Prize and the Author of the Year Award at the British Book Awards. She died in July 2010.
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For four fraught, mysterious days of her doomed maiden voyage in 1912, the Titanic sails towards New York, glittering with luxury, freighted with millionnaires and hopefuls. In her labyrinthine ppassageways are played out the last, secret hours of a small group of passengers, their fate sealed in prose of startling, sublime beauty, as Beryl Bainbridge's haunting masterpiece moves inexorably to its known and terrible end.
'Brilliant . . . do not miss this novel' Victoria Glendinning, Daily Telegraph
'Extraordinary . . . both a psychologically convincing re-creation and a wholly new and highly individual work of art . . . beautifully written' Independent
'A moving, microcosmic portrait of an era's bitter end' Erica Wagner, The Times
'Marvellous . . . exquisite pacing . . . stunning descriptions' Independent on Sunday
'Darkly Brilliant . . . a rare and remarkable novel' Observer
'Bainbridge's masterpiece' Evening Standard
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- PublisherAbacus
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0349108706
- ISBN 13 9780349108704
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages224
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