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To Calais, In Ordinary Time
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The new novel about home, belonging, love, courage and identity, set in the fourteenth century, from the Booker-longlisted author of The People's Act of Love.
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Inventive and original - The Times
Fans of intelligent historical fiction will be enthralled - Hilary Mantel
Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
Three journeys. One road.
England, 1348. A gentlewoman flees an odious arranged marriage, a proctor sets out for a monastery in Avignon, and a young ploughman in search of freedom is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. In the other direction comes the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half of the population of Northern Europe.
To Calais, In Ordinary Time is an exploration of love, death, and power, against the backdrop of catastrophe.
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James Meek's To Calais, In Ordinary Time is praised for its original and imaginative storytelling, capturing the medieval era's distant past with authenticity and warmth. Reviewers highlight Meek's linguistic inventiveness and his ability to create complex, believable characters amidst the backdrop of the Black Death. The novel is noted for its exploration of timeless themes such as love and reality, and its compelling narrative holds echoes of the present while providing a rich, immersive historical experience.
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ISBN: 9781786896773
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 July 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 267g
Pages: 400
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About the Author
James Meek is the author of six novels including The People's Act of Love which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and won both the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and the Scottish Arts Council Award. It has been published in more than thirty countries. Meek has also written two collections of short stories and two books of non-fiction, Private Island, which won the 2015 Orwell Prize, and Dreams of Leaving and Remaining. He is a Contributing Editor to the London Review of Books and writes regularly for the Guardian and New York Times. He lives in London. In 2020, To Calais, In Ordinary Time was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.
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