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Scarlett Thomas - The Seed Collectors (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
What secrets are hiding in your family tree?
Great Aunt Oleander is dead. To each of her nearest and dearest she has left a seed pod. The seed pods might be deadly, but then again they might also contain the secret of enlightenment . . .
A complex and fiercely contemporary tale of inheritance, enlightenment, life, death, desire and family trees, The Seed Collectors is the most important novel yet from one of the world's most daring and brilliant writers.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good (Almost As New)
- Category : Fiction - Families & Sagas
- Published : 2015 (This Edition 2016 - Canongate)
- ISBN : 9781847679222
- SKU : B003353
- PPC : SP300gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"A family saga of human fallibility, love, eccentricity, sex, spirituality, and of a lost, legendary, coincidentally lethal route to absolute transcendence . . . Thomas is a splendid novelist." - William Gibson.
"Positively luminous - funny, daring, fizzing with ideas and altogether captivating." - Daily Mail.
"A far-out botanical adventure in ways which are brutally funny and profound all at once. Barbed, casually genius, philosophical and intensely readable. A joy." - Matt Haig.
"Filthily gorgeous . . . Imagine Muriel Spark's disreputable niece." - The Spectator.
"A delightful compound of fantasy and traditional family saga . . . a modern fairytale, with flashes that are savagely funny." - The Times.
"You won't read a livelier tale about sex, death and out-of-body experiences all year" - Sunday Times.
"This magical family saga will cement Thomas' position at the literary top table." - Red.
"Smart, talented, inventive, and diverting . . . This is Thomas' most accomplished novel yet. There is a question at the heart of this novel . . . that captures the paradox of being human." - Slate.
"Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences . . . like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly. A fantastical family saga." - The Guardian.
The Author
Scarlett Thomas (born 5 July 1972 in Hammersmith) is an English author who writes contemporary postmodern fiction. She has published ten novels, including The End of Mr. Y and PopCo, as well as the Worldquake series of children's books, and Monkeys With Typewriters, a book on how to unlock the power of storytelling. She is Professor of Creative Writing & Contemporary Fiction at the University of Kent.