Zusatztext A staggeringly beautiful and unbearably poignant novel. O'Farrell is one of the most surprisingly quiet radicals in fiction Informationen zum Autor Maggie O'Farrell, FRSOL, is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both Sunday Times no. 1 bestsellers. Her novels include AFTER YOU'D GONE, MY LOVER'S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE and THIS MUST BE THE PLACE., and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT. She is also the author of two books for children, WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO and THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK. She lives in Edinburgh. Klappentext The no. 1 bestseller that inspired the major film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal WINNER: BEST PICTURE (DRAMA) AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES WINNER: OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE BAFTAS NOMINATED FOR EIGHT ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST SCREENPLAY AND BEST PICTURE 'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART. The untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece. On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week. Hamnet tells the powerful story of Agnes and Will, and of the son whose life has been all but forgotten, but who inspired one of the greatest plays ever written. Fall in love with HAMNET this year 'HAMNET is a feast for the senses' 'One of my favourite books of the year. Simply gorgeous' 'Words fail me... this story had me feeling everything' 'I read and reread passages throughout this exceptional novel' Vorwort WINNER: WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER: FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS WINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER'S CHOICE AWARD AS FEATURED ON BBC2'S BETWEEN THE COVERS SHORTLISTED: AN POST IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR, WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION Zusammenfassung WINNER: WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER: FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDSWINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER'S CHOICE AWARDWINNER: NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDA SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED: AN POST IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR, WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION...

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WINNER: WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER: FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS
WINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER'S CHOICE AWARD
AS FEATURED ON BBC2'S BETWEEN THE COVERS
SHORTLISTED: AN POST IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR, WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION

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Maggie O'Farrell, FRSOL, is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both Sunday Times no. 1 bestsellers. Her novels include AFTER YOU'D GONE, MY LOVER'S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE and THIS MUST BE THE PLACE., and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT. She is also the author of two books for children, WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO and THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK. She lives in Edinburgh.

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**The no. 1 bestseller that inspired the major film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal

WINNER: BEST PICTURE (DRAMA) AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES
WINNER: OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE BAFTAS
NOMINATED FOR EIGHT ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST SCREENPLAY AND BEST PICTURE

'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell**

A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.

The untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece.

On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home?

Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London.

Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week.

Hamnet tells the powerful story of Agnes and Will, and of the son whose life has been all but forgotten, but who inspired one of the greatest plays ever written.

Fall in love with HAMNET this year

'HAMNET is a feast for the senses'

'One of my favourite books of the year. Simply gorgeous'

'Words fail me... this story had me feeling everything'

'I read and reread passages throughout this exceptional novel'

Zusammenfassung
WINNER: WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER: FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDSWINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER'S CHOICE AWARDWINNER: NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDA SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED: AN POST IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR, WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION