No Bones: Author of the Man Booker Prize-Winning Novel Milkman by Anna Burns (En

Description: No Bones by Anna Burns SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2002 - a stunning debut novel about a little girl growing up in the Ardoyne area of Belfast. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2002A stunning debut novel about a little girl growing up in Belfast, from the author of the Man Booker Prize winning novel, Milkman. Marvellous: shocking, moving, evocative Daily Mail Every single night and every single day Amelia goes upstairs to look at her treasure: a miniature plastic sheep, a Black Queen chess piece, a penny prayer for serenity, a tube of glitter â" and thirty-seven black rubber bullets sheâ™s collected ever since the British Army started firing themâ¦ Notes Debut novel which tracks the tragicomic fortunes of the Lovett family of Catholic Belfast. Author Biography Anna Burns was born in Belfast in 1962. She moved to London in 1987. Review Fresh, original shot through with energy and drama right from the start The Times Amelia Lovett is just an ordinary little girl caught up in extraordinary circumstances. No Bones tracks the tragi-comic fortunes of the Lovett family of Belfast - the shrewdly mad mother; malevolent Mick; and dreamy Amelia, our narrator, who records their antics over the years. Anna Burns recreates the dark days beautifully and evokes the spirit of the times with compassion and understanding No Bones gives an insight into a difficult and dangerous period of our history from a refreshing point of view and speaks the truth in a way that only a child can do. Irish News The use of language is stunning, powerful and controlled the story of Amelias struggle for sanity is compelling. Daily Telegraph This account of a girls life growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, which examines madness and sanity and questions our interpretation of both, is scary. Scarily well written, too. Martina Devlin, Irish Independent Promotional Author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Milkman Kirkus US Review Belfast-born first-novelist Burns paints a scathing, rigorously unsentimental portrait of an insular, provincial-minded Northern Irish community struggling to survive through the Troubles, beginning in 1969 and stretching through the mid-90s. When the bombs start going off around the working-class town of Ardoyne, riven between Catholics and Protestants, Amelia Lovett and her scabby friends know that their play world has changed for good. Amelias transplanted British cousin James Tone is sent on army duty to nearby Belfast as violence and suspicion between the warring factions mount, and his swift, "apparently motiveless" murder (he is simply walking in the wrong section of town at night) adds to the creeping sense that events are spiraling wildly out of control. By degrees Burns introduces the visceral, incriminating detail that dooms the roiling Lovett clan: with the rise of the IRA, older son Mick gets swept up into teenage gangs of drunken, vigilante, knee-capping thugs; older daughter Lizzie forms her own girl combat clique before descending into drugs and suicide; middle daughter Amelia drops out of school and takes refuge in alcohol, anorexia, and boys, while father and mother alternate from extreme brutality to utter indifference. In discrete, themed, and dated chapters, the author skillfully illustrates the disintegration of an entire community. Retributive, pathological nuns force the children to write a so-called peace poem. Vincent, a friend of Amelias abandoned by his mother, slips into delusions of spying and explosions. Young women scarred by their own emotional battlefields keep having babies, and the violence-numbed men rail blisteringly against independent women and outsiders. Burns never once winces or loses control of her material in this mordant, wry, unforgiving tale of the loss of innocence, for a girl and her country. A clear-eyed fictional account by one of the survivors. (Kirkus Reviews) Prizes Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2002 Long Description SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2002 A stunning debut novel about a little girl growing up in Belfast, from the author of the Man Booker Prize winning novel, Milkman. Marvellous: shocking, moving, evocative Daily Mail Every single night and every single day Amelia goes upstairs to look at her treasure: a miniature plastic sheep, a Black Queen chess piece, a penny prayer for serenity, a tube of glitter - and thirty-seven black rubber bullets shes collected ever since the British Army started firing them... Review Quote Fresh, original…shot through with energy and drama right from the start. The Times Amelia Lovett is just an ordinary little girl caught up in extraordinary circumstances. No Bones tracks the tragi-comic fortunes of the Lovett family of Belfast the shrewdly mad mother; malevolent Mick; and dreamy Amelia, our narrator, who records their antics over the years. Anna Burns recreates the dark days beautifully and evokes the spirit of the times with compassion and understanding…No Bones gives an insight into a difficult and dangerous period of our history from a refreshing point of view and speaks the truth in a way that only a child can do. Irish News The use of language is stunning, powerful and controlled…the story of Amelias struggle for sanity is compelling. Daily Telegraph This account of a girls life growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, which examines madness and sanity and questions our interpretation of both, is scary. Scarily well written, too. Martina Devlin, Irish Independent Promotional "Headline" Author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Milkman Feature Author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Milkman * The star of Flamingo Firsts 2002, the glossy colour illustrated sampler distributed in bookshops and through subscription copies of the London Review of Books * Undoubtedly one of the most original cult authors to be discovered in the UK for some time * Stunning new packaging for the paperback * Website features on * Retailer promotions expected Competition: Roddy Doyle, Jane Rogers, Julia Darling, Robert McLiam Wilson Description for Sales People SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2002 A stunning debut novel about a little girl growing up in Belfast, from the author of the Man Booker Prize winning novel, Milkman. Marvellous: shocking, moving, evocative Daily Mail Every single night and every single day Amelia goes upstairs to look at her treasure: a miniature plastic sheep, a Black Queen chess piece, a penny prayer for serenity, a tube of glitter - and thirty-seven black rubber bullets shes collected ever since the British Army started firing them... * The star of Flamingo Firsts 2002, the glossy colour illustrated sampler distributed in bookshops and through subscription copies of the London Review of Books * Undoubtedly one of the most original cult authors to be discovered in the UK for some time * Stunning new packaging for the paperback * Website features on * Retailer promotions expected Competition: Roddy Doyle, Jane Rogers, Julia Darling, Robert McLiam Wilson Details ISBN0006552382 Author Anna Burns Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Year 2002 ISBN-10 0006552382 ISBN-13 9780006552383 Format Paperback Publication Date 2002-04-15 Imprint Flamingo Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Pages 336 Media Book Short Title NO BONES Language English Residence London, ENK Birth 1962 Illustrations black & white illustrations Subtitle Author of the Man Booker Prize-Winning Novel Milkman UK Release Date 2002-04-15 Edited by Abraham Kalakudi Affiliation Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice, San Diego Position Translator Qualifications Ph.D. Audience General AU Release Date 2002-08-22 NZ Release Date 2002-07-18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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