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Written by the great Margaret Drabble, The Dark Flood Rises is an engrossing novel all about mortality and what happens to us as we grow old. It covers all the existential questions with a dark sense of humour.
Francesca Stubbs is the protagonist and she'll hold your hand as she takes a walk through death and old age. She invites you to join her with drinks with her dear friends, accompany her as she drops off sumptuous suppers for her ex-husband and visit her daughter. She also is in contact with her son in Tenerife, who is dealing with the estate of his shockingly deceased girlfriend.
From what constitutes a good death to understanding if we have lived well, it's a poignant and intelligent slice of literary fiction that is told with characteristic wit.
Francesca Stubbs is the protagonist and she'll hold your hand as she takes a walk through death and old age. She invites you to join her with drinks with her dear friends, accompany her as she drops off sumptuous suppers for her ex-husband and visit her daughter. She also is in contact with her son in Tenerife, who is dealing with the estate of his shockingly deceased girlfriend.
From what constitutes a good death to understanding if we have lived well, it's a poignant and intelligent slice of literary fiction that is told with characteristic wit.
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"Shrewd and timely - the best novel I've read in ages. Ferociously well written, and hugely entertaining" (SARAH WATERS)
"Masterly" (New York Times, 100 Notable Books of 2017)
"An absolute tour de force" (LINDA GRANT Guardian, Best Books of the Year)
"Erudite, beautifully written, funny, tragic" (Daily Mail)
"Darkly witty and exhilarating" (The Times)
"With its echoes of Simone de Beauvoir and Samuel Beckett, this quiet meditation an old age seethes with apocalyptic intent . . . Brilliant" (Guardian)
"Masterly, poignant and uplifting" (Mail on Sunday)
"Drabble has pulled off a quietly revolutionary portrait of an age-group whose lives are just as urgent as anyone's but are rarely considered *****" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Ageing and dying in style . . . Margaret Drabble's sharply drawn characters look back on lives lived and forwards to achieving a good death" (Observer)
"Uplifting . . . Profound . . . Unforgettable . . . At its heart is the enormous question, how do we know if we've had a good life? " (Sunday Telegraph)
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"Masterly" (New York Times, 100 Notable Books of 2017)
"An absolute tour de force" (LINDA GRANT Guardian, Best Books of the Year)
"Erudite, beautifully written, funny, tragic" (Daily Mail)
"Darkly witty and exhilarating" (The Times)
"With its echoes of Simone de Beauvoir and Samuel Beckett, this quiet meditation an old age seethes with apocalyptic intent . . . Brilliant" (Guardian)
"Masterly, poignant and uplifting" (Mail on Sunday)
"Drabble has pulled off a quietly revolutionary portrait of an age-group whose lives are just as urgent as anyone's but are rarely considered *****" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Ageing and dying in style . . . Margaret Drabble's sharply drawn characters look back on lives lived and forwards to achieving a good death" (Observer)
"Uplifting . . . Profound . . . Unforgettable . . . At its heart is the enormous question, how do we know if we've had a good life? " (Sunday Telegraph)
The new novel from literary great Margaret Drabble is by turns dark and joyous, hilarious and heartbreaking, and asks us what makes a good life, and a good death
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- PublisherCanongate Books
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1782118306
- ISBN 13 9781782118305
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages336
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