A Revolution Of The Sun - Softcover

Pears, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552998621 ISBN 13: 9780552998628

Publisher: Black Swan, 2001

Synopsis

The breathtaking new novel from the great chronicler of our age.

A Revolution of the Sun tells the story of one momentous year through the eyes of the people who lived it. It begins at the stroke of midnight on the first day of 1997. As the year turns, a group of disparate individuals from different backgrounds, from all corners of the country, embark on separate journeys which will converge over the course of the next twelve months: Rebecca, mother-to-be; Sam, amnesiac; Roderick, conservative MP; Jack, truck driver; Martha, cat burglar; Ben, hemiplegic child; Solo, his father. At the end of the year, their lives are irrevocably changed, some for better, some for worse. Ambitious, powerful, irresistible, A Revolution of the Sun is the work of a writer at the peak of his powers.

About this title

About the Author

Tim Pears was born in 1956. He grew up in Devon, and left school at sixteen. He has worked in a wide variety of jobs and is a graduate of the National Film and Television School. His first novel, In the Place of Fallen Leaves, won the Hawthornden Prize for Literature and the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award. His second novel, In a Land of Plenty, has been adapted for television and is now a major BBC television series. His third novel is A Revolution of the Sun.

From the Back Cover

It begins at the stroke of midnight on the first day of 1997. As the year turns, a group of disparate individuals from different backgrounds, from all corners of the country, embark on separate journeys which will converge over the course of the next twelve months: amongst them, Rebecca - mother-to-be, Sam - amnesiac, Roderick - conservative MP, Jack - lorry driver, Martha - cat burglar, Ben - hemiplegic child, Solo - his father.

At the end of that year, their lives will have irrevocably changed, some for better, some for worse, but changed nonetheless. They cannot know what will happen to them but their shared destination has an inevitability that will prove impossible to withstand...

Edition details

• Publisher: Black Swan
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552998621
• ISBN 13: 9780552998628
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576