PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Sofka Zinovieff was born in London. She studied social anthropology at Cambridge, then lived in Greece and Moscow. She is the acclaimed author of three works of non-fiction, Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens, Red Princess: A Revolutionary Life and The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me, a New York Times Editors’ Choice 2015, and one previous novel, The House on Paradise Street. Her writing has appeared in publications including the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement, the Spectator and the Independent. She divides her time between Athens and England. sofkazinovieff.com
This is a really important book. I loved it. Thought provoking, emotionally complex, and tackling the topic of the day - the blurred area between consent and abuse -- Esther Freud I read it at one go, unable to put it down, until 2am ... It's remarkable, a brilliant novel, jolting and shocking and right -- Michele Roberts A thought-provoking, moving novel * The Daily Mail on The House on Paradise Street * Sofka Zinovieff's debut novel is an engrossing saga of a family riven by ideological conflict and fractured by war ... Zinovieff's historical gaze is scrupulously fair and does not shirk from uncomfortable truths * Observer on The House on Paradise Street * Zinovieff writes vibrantly ... There seems to be something poignant - and very often funny - on every other page * Observer on The Red Princess * The delicacy of Zinovieff's perceptions, the abiding redolence of her descriptions and the captivating moods of her subjects make The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me a book of rare pleasure * Times Literary Supplement * Zinovieff provides a vivid sketch of the extraordinarily glamorous society of Faringdon in its heyday * Guardian on The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me * Zinovieff is an entertaining and amiable companion on this, at times, uncomfortable romp through her family saga * The Times on The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me * Zinovieff's historical gaze is scrupulously fair and does not shirk from uncomfortable truths * Observer on The House on Paradise Street * Zinovieff tells a broad and enriching story ... It is Zinovieff's scrupulous eye for cultural curiosity which gives the story its sinew and underlying humility * Independent on The House on Paradise Street * Zinovieff's portrayal of Greece is beautiful and believable, engaging all the senses * Spectator on The House on Paradise Street * A piercing portrait of an extraordinary woman ... Zinovieff approaches her subject intimately * Daily Telegraph on The Red Princess *
