Description: Further DetailsTitle: Poor ThingsCondition: NewSubtitle: Read the extraordinary book behind the award-winning filmISBN-10: 1526657880EAN: 9781526657886ISBN: 9781526657886Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/24/2023Description: WINNER OF FOUR ACADEMY AWARDS, FIVE BAFTAS, and TWO GOLDEN GLOBES. STARRING EMMA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE FAVOURITEWinner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction PrizeA life without freedom to choose is not worth having.Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realised when he finds the drowned body of the beautiful Bella, who he brings back to life in a Frankenstein-esque feat. But his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for his creation . . .But what does Bella think?This story of true love and scientific daring whirls the reader from the private operating-theatres of late-Victorian Glasgow through aristocratic casinos, low-life Alexandria and a Parisian bordello, reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church.________________________'A magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book' London Review of Books'Visionary, ornate and outrageous' The Independent'Witty and delightfully written' New York Times'A brilliant marriage of technique, intelligence, and art.' Kirkus Reviews'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' Anthony Burgess'Those who, like me, are unsure if they are Alasdair Gray fans or not, ought to fall on Poor Things with delight, and not just because of the almost excessive beauty of its appearance' Philip Hensher, SpectatorLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmAuthor: Alasdair GrayGenre: FictionTopic: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical FictionRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Poor Things
Publication Name: Poor Things
Title: Poor Things
Subtitle: Read the extraordinary book behind the award-winning film
ISBN-10: 1526657880
EAN: 9781526657886
ISBN: 9781526657886
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 08/24/2023
Release Year: 2023
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Author: Alasdair Gray
Genre: Fiction
Topic: Historical Fiction
