The Story of the Forest: Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023

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Linda Grant

The Story of the Forest

Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023

Linda Grant

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Little Brown
01 May 2023

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

From the award-winning Linda Grant, a vibrant imagining of the tumultuous world of early twentieth-century Europe through the eyes of Mina, a young girl whose adventures begin in a deep dark forest.

'Epic, magnificent, beautiful. A perfect work of art and craft and such a good story... I felt I was living it. I couldn't put it down' Philippa Perry

'Magnificent... flawless writing, wonderfully flawed characters, its epic sweep combined with a warm immediacy... I'm in awe, I'm charmed, and I want to press a copy on everyone I know' Nigella Lawson

'What an amazing novel... Vivid storytelling with complex and colourful characters... spectacular' David Morrissey

It's 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds. It sounds like a fairy tale but it's life.

The adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales?

From the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho, The Story of the Forest is about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive. It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer.

By: Linda Grant
Imprint: Little Brown
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9780349014098
ISBN 10: 0349014094
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Linda Grant is author of four non-fiction books and nine novels. She won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2000. The Clothes on Their Backs was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008 and went on to win the South Bank Show Award. . Her latest novel, The Story of the Forest, is published in 2023. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and holds honorary doctorates from the University of York and John Moores University.

Reviews for The Story of the Forest: Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023

What an amazing novel.....an epic, fascinating and moving story. The sections set in Liverpool really spoke to me having grown up there, but I loved the London chapters. Vivid storytelling with complex and colourful characters. I thought it was spectacular. * David Morrissey *