Author: | Anna Richards | ISBN: | 9780330505291 |
Publisher: | Pan Macmillan | Publication: | April 3, 2009 |
Imprint: | Picador | Language: | English |
Author: | Anna Richards |
ISBN: | 9780330505291 |
Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
Publication: | April 3, 2009 |
Imprint: | Picador |
Language: | English |
An adventure, a black comedy, a fairy tale of sorts and a romance, Little Gods tells the story of larger-than-life Jean Clocker, whose birth challenges the very balance of nature and whose body resists all attempts to contain it.
A girl – and later, woman – of unusual size and strength, fitting in is never an option for Jean, but it takes the chaos of war – and, later, America – to persuade her to fully appreciate her extraordinary stature.
‘A gorgeous, sprawling novel and a rich, colourful tale’ Metro
‘Four hundred and thirty-one pages of glory’ HELEN OYEYEMI
‘A wonderfully inventive ode to being different’ FT
‘Rich, gaudy, clever and irrepressible' ALI SMITH
‘A startlingly original first novel by a remarkable new talent’ Independent
An adventure, a black comedy, a fairy tale of sorts and a romance, Little Gods tells the story of larger-than-life Jean Clocker, whose birth challenges the very balance of nature and whose body resists all attempts to contain it.
A girl – and later, woman – of unusual size and strength, fitting in is never an option for Jean, but it takes the chaos of war – and, later, America – to persuade her to fully appreciate her extraordinary stature.
‘A gorgeous, sprawling novel and a rich, colourful tale’ Metro
‘Four hundred and thirty-one pages of glory’ HELEN OYEYEMI
‘A wonderfully inventive ode to being different’ FT
‘Rich, gaudy, clever and irrepressible' ALI SMITH
‘A startlingly original first novel by a remarkable new talent’ Independent