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A finalist for the 2010 Man Booker Prize
In this newest novel from South African writer Damon Galgut, a young loner travels across eastern Africa, Europe, and India. Unsure what he's after, and reluctant to return home, he follows the paths of travelers he meets along the way. Treated as a lover, a follower, a guardian, each new encounter--with an enigmatic stranger, a group of careless backpackers, a woman on the verge--leads him closer to confronting his own identity. Traversing the quiet of wilderness and the frenzy of border crossings, every new direction is tinged with surmounting mourning, as he is propelled toward a tragic conclusion. In a Strange Room is a brilliant, stylish novel of anger and compassion, longing and thwarted desire, and a hauntingly beautiful evocation of life on the road. First published in The Paris Review in three parts, one of which was selected for a National Magazine Award and another for the O. Henry Prize, In a Strange Room was shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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"This is a wise and brilliant book." --"Times"
"A beautiful book, strikingly conceived and hauntingly written, a writer's novel par excellence without a clumsy word in it." --"The Guardian"
"Galgut's powerful writing is honest and insightful, polished as it is to a marble-like perfection." --"The Globe and Mail"
"This is a wise and brilliant book." --Times
"A beautiful book, strikingly conceived and hauntingly written, a writer's novel par excellence without a clumsy word in it." --The Guardian
"Galgut's powerful writing is honest and insightful, polished as it is to a marble-like perfection." --The Globe and Mail
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010
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- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1609450116
- ISBN 13 9781609450113
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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