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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Corsair
- Paperback Aug 11, 2020 | 9781472154606 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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- Audiobook Feb 6, 2020 | 9781405546126 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Corsair
- Paperback Aug 11, 2020 | 9781472154606 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 6, 2020 | 9781472154583 | RRP $15.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 6, 2020 | 9781405546126 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Aug 11, 2020 | 9781472154606 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 6, 2020 | 9781472154583 | RRP $15.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 6, 2020 | 9781405546126 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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This impressive literary debut takes as its premise and inspiration ten of the best-known thought experiments in philosophy - the 'what ifs' of philosophical investigation - and uses them to talk about love in a wholly unique way.
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020
Longlisted for the Desmond Eliot Prize 2020
Longlisted for the Polari Prize 2021
Featuring on BBC 2's Between the Covers
'Sophie Ward is a dazzling talent who writes like a modern-day F Scott Fitzgerald' Elizabeth Day, author of How To Fail
'An act of such breath-taking imagination, daring and detail that the journey we are on is believable and the debate in the mind non-stop. There are elements of Doris Lessing in the writing - a huge emerging talent here' Fiona Shaw 'A towering literary achievement' Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things
Rachel and Eliza are planning their future together. One night in bed Rachel wakes up terrified and tells Eliza that an ant has crawled into her eye and is stuck there. Rachel is certain; Eliza, a scientist, is sceptical. Suddenly their entire relationship is called into question. What follows is a uniquely imaginitive sequence of interlinked stories ranging across time, place and perspective to form a sparkling philosophical tale of love, lost and found across the universe.
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Praise for Love and Other Thought Experiments: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020
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Sophie Ward is a dazzling talent who writes like a modern-day F Scott Fitzgerald
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It is an act of such breath-taking imagination, daring and detail that the journey we are on is believable and the debate in the mind non-stop. There are elements of Doris Lessing in the writing - a huge emerging talent here
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Love and Other Thought Experiments is a towering literary achievement. Sophie's prose is exquisite and her storytelling powerful, poignant and utterly gripping. An astonishing debut - Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things
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Love and Other Thought Experiments is acutely original and thought-provoking. From beginning to end it is beautifully observed, intelligently constructed and deftly handled. Love and Other Thought Experiments is as multi-faceted as a diamond; a true philosophical hoard; a book I shall always treasure
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Sophie Ward is an innovative and highly sophisticated writer
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Elegant, erudite, brave and moving, Sophie Ward's debut is a stunning achievement
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Love and Other Thought Experiments is brilliant and playful. From the first page you know you're in a unique and compelling universe of Ward's making
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