What Will Survive of Us

Howard Jacobson

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13 May 2025

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

Love can change your life. Can it survive marriage and middle age?

Love can change your life. Can it survive marriage and middle age?

'Wonderfully wise, moving and heartfelt' WILLIAM BOYD

'A tender love story' DAILY TELEGRAPH
*LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025
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Lily falls in love with Sam the minute she sets eyes on him. It takes Sam a day or two longer. Curious, because Lily has never quite believed in love, while Sam thought he understood it inside out.

Lily, a documentary maker, and Sam, a playwright, are both in relationships that have quietly expired, and an affair takes hold that they are powerless to resist.

Arriving in mid-life, their relationship opens unexpected new worlds. But what will happen to them when familiarity and age begin to take their toll? What will survive?

'Celebrates love in later life' HARPER'S BAZAAR

'Playful, knowing...a romping read in all senses' EVENING STANDARD

'Jacobson at his finest' LINDA GRANT

By: Howard Jacobson
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 212g
ISBN: 9781529921489
ISBN 10: 1529921481
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 13 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Howard Jacobson has written seventeen novels and six works of non-fiction. He won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Award in 2000 for The Mighty Walzer and then again in 2013 for Zoo Time. In 2010 he won the Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question; he was also shortlisted for the prize in 2014 for J.

Reviews for What Will Survive of Us

A tender love story... Jacobson’s sentences have always been things of beauty: ornate yet vigorous * Daily Telegraph * A rare gift and one to be treasured * Sunday Times * Something more subtle and melancholy than expected. In the best possible way, fans of Jacobson will not be disappointed * Observer * Essential human truths are conveyed through humour, melancholy and kinetic dialogue * Mail on Sunday * Equal parts funny and challenging, this is a clear-eyed view of long-term love * Daily Telegraph *