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The Incarnations

Susan Barker

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English
Black Swan
15 May 2015
'China's MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN. Utterly remarkable' INDEPENDENT- Love, sacrifice and betrayal lived again and again by a Beijing taxi driver across a thousand years.

THE ACCLAIMED NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF OLD SOUL A fantastical tale of love, fate and sacrifice told through five lives over a thousand years of history

A New York Times Editors' Choice and Notable Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction

'Reads as China's Midnight's Children. Utterly remarkable'

Independent 'A kaleidoscopically imaginative novel' The New Yorker 'Multi-layered and masterful' Guardian

I dream of us across the centuries ...

Beijing, 2008, the Olympics are coming, but as taxi driver Wang circles the city's congested streets, he feels barely alive. His daily grind is suddenly interrupted when he finds a letter in the sunshade of his cab. He is being warned- Someone is watching him. Someone who claims to be his soulmate and to have known him for over a thousand years.

Other letters follow, and Wang will re-live astonishing five lives-

- to a spirit-bride in the Tang Dynasty;

- young slaves during the Mongol invasion;

- concubines plotting to kill the emperor; - to a kidnapping in the Opium War;

- and Red Guards during the Cultural revolution.

As each past life unfolds, Wang feels the watcher. In the shadows. Growing closer ...

PRAISE FOR SUSAN BARKER-

' A

kaleidoscopically imaginative novel...

Barker stitches together an unnervingly perceptive portrait of China and of the enduring influence that its past has on the present' THE NEW YORKER

'A thrilling journey through a thousand years of obsession and betrayal, this is the most extraordinary work of imagination you'll read all year' ADAM JOHNSON, Winner of the PULITZER Prize for Fiction

'Erudite, intriguing and compulsively readable, Susan Barker, a born story-teller, has written one of the most remarkable novels of recent years' JOHN BOYNE

'A brilliant, mind-expanding, and wildly original novel' CHRIS CLEAVE

'A hallucinatory ride. Highly recommend' ANNA HOPE
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Imprint:   Black Swan
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   323g
ISBN:   9781784160005
ISBN 10:   1784160008
Pages:   480
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Susan Barker grew up in east London and lives in Manchester where she is senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of SAYONARA BAR, THE ORIENTALIST AND THE GHOST and THE INCARNATIONS which was a New York Times Notable Book, a Kirkus Reviews' Top Ten Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction.

Reviews for The Incarnations

An extraordinary novel. Erudite, intriguing and compulsively readable, THE INCARNATIONS takes the reader on an intimate and mesmerizing journey through Chinese history. Susan Barker, a born story-teller, has written one of the most remarkable novels of recent years. -- JOHN BOYNE A thrilling journey through a thousand years of obsession and betrayal and a vivid tapestry of the individual's struggle against the tyranny of history, this is the most extraordinary work of imagination you'll read all year -- ADAM JOHNSON, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013 A brilliant, mind-expanding and wildly original novel -- CHRIS CLEAVE What a ferociously talented writer Susan Barker is. The Incarnations is a hallucinatory ride. Highly recommend -- ANNA HOPE, Author of WAKE Remarkable - ambitious in scope, painstakingly researched and most importantly, a gripping read. Publishing Perspectives


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