- Booker Prize 2014 · Shortlist
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Howard Jacobson (born 1942)
English editions
Written in EnglishJ
Hogarth · United States · 1 September 2015 · Paperback · 352 pages
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Hogarth · United States · October 2014 · Hardcover · 352 pages
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Jonathan Cape · United Kingdom · 2014 · Hardcover · 336 pages
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Vintage · United Kingdom · 6 August 2015 · Paperback · 336 pages
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In this world the past is not discussed: behind it lies a catastrophe spoken of only as What Happened, If It Happened, after which people and places were given new names. Kevern Cohen, a woodcarver in a village by the sea, never knew why his father put two fingers to his mouth before any word starting with J. When Ailinn Solomons, an orphan without memories of where she came from, arrives in the village, the two are drawn to each other, unsure whether they chose this or were pushed into it. Esme Nussbaum, who once worked for an agency that tracks the public mood, has her own purposes for keeping them together. Then a woman in the village is murdered, Kevern is suspected, and the couple's danger grows.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Speculative, Love (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2014
- Author's age
- 72 when first published
- ISBN
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9780553419559 (Hogarth, United States)
9780224101974 (Jonathan Cape, United Kingdom)
9780099598381 (Vintage, United Kingdom)
9780553419566 (Hogarth, United States)
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