‘What a wonderful, strange, terrifying, brilliant novel this is’ Kamila Shamsie AS THE WORLD BURNS, ONLY A DREAMER CAN SAVE IT… New York, 2000. The United Nations has just planted its flag on Mars, and a Green Party senator is about to become the first female president of the United States. At a party in the almost-Utopian world, Kate and Ben fall in love. London, 1593. Kate wakes as Emilia, mistress to a nobleman and friend to a lowly court poet called Will. Afflicted by apocalyptic premonitions, she sets out to save the world. Each decision she makes as Emilia will change Kate’s life with Ben forever. ‘Bewitchingly complex… Astonishing’ Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent ‘An electrifying novel of love, creativity and madness… Playful, tender and heart breaking’ Guardian ‘Elegiac and genuinely, unbelievably moving… By the time I got to the end of it, I wanted to go back and read the beginning… You’ve got to read this book’ Helen Lewis, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Review
The Heavens
The Heavens
£8.99
New York, 2000. Kate and Ben meet at a party and fall instantly, irrevocably in love. Around them, the city glows. It is the first year without a war anywhere. A woman is president, and an air of camaraderie permeates the streets of Manhattan. Kate falls asleep, knowing she is loved. London, 1593. Kate wakes as Emilia – the mistress of a nobleman – and finds the plague at her door. Afflicted by premonitions of a burnt and lifeless city, she sets out to save the world. Each decision she makes will change her life with Ben for ever. A story of love and alternate universes, madness and time travel, ‘The Heavens’ is a dream bound up in a strange awakening; it is a novel of what we have lost, and what we might yet be able to save.
| Weight | 0.303 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.6 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 257 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st paperback ed |
| Dewey | 813.6 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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