Private Rites by Julia Armfield (English) Paperback Book

Description: Private Rites by Julia Armfield StunningDAZEDHer prose sparkles ELIZA CLARKHauntingly good iNEWSA must read GLAMOUR FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Brilliantly audacious GUARDIANStunning DAZEDHer prose sparkles ELIZA CLARKHauntingly good iNEWSA must read GLAMOUR From the bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a haunting, heart wrenching novel of three sisters navigating queer love and faith at the end of the world.Theres no way to bury a body in earth which is floodedIts been raining for a long time now, for so long that the lands have reshaped themselves. Old places have been lost. Arcane rituals and religions have crept back into practice.Sisters Isla, Irene and Agnes have not spoken in some time when their estranged father dies. A famous architect revered for making the new world navigable, he had long cut himself off from public life. They find themselves uncertain of how to grieve his passing when everything around them seems to be ending anyway.As the sisters come together to clear the grand glass house that is the pinnacle of his legacy, they begin to sense that the magnetic influence of their father lives on through it. Something sinister seems to be unfolding, something related to their mothers long-ago disappearance and the strangers who have always been unusually interested in their lives. Soon, it becomes clear that the sisters have been chosen for a very particular purpose, one with shattering implications for their family and their imperilled world.Armfield writes so gracefully THE TIMESEvocative yet grounded OBSERVERA chilling vision of a future capital that Ive found impossible to shake INEWSBallard-ian in apocalyptic scope … Deeply, passionately, messily human PAUL TREMBLAYA signature cocktail of deadpan wit and staggering beauty ALICE SLATERBrilliant, original … an era-defining writer KALIANE BRADLEYEvery page guillotines you with its wisdom TOM BENN Author Biography Julia Armfield was born in London in 1990. She is a fiction writer and occasional playwright with a Masters in Victorian Art and Literature from Royal Holloway University. She was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year in 2019. She was commended in the Moth Short Story Prize 2017, longlisted for the Deborah Rogers Award 2018, and won the White Review Short Story Prize 2018. Her first book, salt slow, is a collection of short stories about bodies and the bodily, mapping the skin and bones of its characters through their experiences of isolation, obsession and love. She won the Pushcart Prize in 2020. Review Evocative yet grounded, blending the mythical with the cavalier… Her imagination is vivid ObserverArmfield writes so gracefully. I love her glancing, pitiless social observations The TimesSeductive…compelling…brilliantly audacious GuardianIntriguing and provocative… A writer worth reading Financial TimesCharacteristically eerie and emotive GQAn evocative mystery set at the end of the world GuardianA hauntingly good book about family, faith and the climate crisis iNewsThe emotional depth and unique storytelling ensures Armfields reputation as a distinctive voice … a must-read for fans of her hauntingly beautiful prose GlamourArmfield lends a quasi-mythic dimension to an intimate story of sibling rivalry and familial disinheritance Daily MailA sharply observed exploration of grief, family and the end of the world as we know it Alice Slater, author of Death of a BooksellerA book of extraordinary sentences, set in end-times which feel bleakly real yet pulse with a tireless, tangible force of love Megan Hunter, author of The End We Start FromWitty, brutal … Private Rites has the elemental power of a thunderstorm and the thrilling emotional honesty of a first kiss … An era-defining writer Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of TimeStunning DazedAn astonishing ambitious novel that wont let you go Sarvat Hasin, author of The Giant DarkLyrical, haunting, unsettling, and J.G. Ballard-ian in apocalyptic scope … Deeply, passionately, messily human Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World Exquisite … … A masterful feat, and a joy to read –awe-inspiring Peter Scalpello, author of LimbicBeauty aches through every word Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds a GirlIntimate, unnerving and sopping wet Alison Rumfitt, author of Brainwyrms Promotional The haunting new novel following three queer sisters at the end of the world from the author of Our Wives Under the Sea Details ISBN0008608040 Author Julia Armfield Pages 208 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780008608040 Format Paperback Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9780008608033 Audience General Publication Date 2024-06-11 UK Release Date 2024-06-11 NZ Release Date 2024-06-18 AU Release Date 2024-06-18 ISBN-10 0008608040 Language English We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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