The Book of Strange New Things
- 6 Aug 2015
- 9781782114086
- £10.99
- 592 pp
- 130×198mm
- 6 Oct 2014
- 9781782114093
- £8.79
- 592 pp
- 6 Oct 2014
- 9781782115373
- £30
- 19 hrs 27 min
In a few words
Michel Faber’s first novel in twelve years. Soon to be Amazon original series Oasis in 2017
In a few words
An all-out masterpiece from the author of The Crimson Petal and the White and Under the Skin
In a few words
An all-out masterpiece from the author of The Crimson Petal and the White and Under the Skin
Michel Faber's second masterpiece, quite different to The Crimson Petal and The White but every bit as luminescent and memorable. It is a portrait of a living, breathing relationship, frayed by distance. It is an enquiry into the mountains faith can move and the mountains faith can't move. It is maniacally gripping
David Mitchell
Magnificently bold and addictive . . . a book quite unlike any other I've read
Edmund Gordon
Sunday TimesMichel Faber's second masterpiece, quite different to The Crimson Petal and The White but every bit as luminescent and memorable. It is a portrait of a living, breathing relationship, frayed by distance. It is an enquiry into the mountains faith can move and the mountains faith can't move. It is maniacally gripping
David Mitchell
As gripping as any thriller . . . A work of originality and insight
Andrew Billen
The TimesMichel Faber's second masterpiece, quite different to The Crimson Petal and The White but every bit as luminescent and memorable. It is a portrait of a living, breathing relationship, frayed by distance. It is an enquiry into the mountains faith can move and the mountains faith can't move. It is maniacally gripping
David Mitchell
As gripping as any thriller . . . A work of originality and insight
Andrew Billen
The TimesMore about
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OASIS, an Amazon Original Series, coming in 2017
‘I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .’
Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, Peter sets out on a quest to take the word of God to the farthest corners of the galaxy. His mission will challenge everything – his faith, his endurance and the love that can hold two people together, even when they are worlds apart.
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More about
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‘I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .’
Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land, a place where the locals are hungry for the teachings of the Bible – his ‘book of strange new things’. It is a quest that will challenge Peter’s beliefs, his understanding of the limits of the human body and, most of all, his love for Bea.
The Book of Strange New Things is a wildly original tale of adventure, faith and the ties that might hold two people together when they are worlds apart. This momentous novel, Faber’s first since The Crimson Petal and the White, sees him at his expectation-defying best.
WINNER OF THE SALTIRE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4
More about
the book
‘I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .’
Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land, a place where the locals are hungry for the teachings of the Bible – his ‘book of strange new things’. It is a quest that will challenge Peter’s beliefs, his understanding of the limits of the human body and, most of all, his love for Bea.
The Book of Strange New Things is a wildly original tale of adventure, faith and the ties that might hold two people together when they are worlds apart. This momentous novel, Faber’s first since The Crimson Petal and the White, sees him at his expectation-defying best.
WINNER OF THE SALTIRE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4
As gripping as any thriller . . . A work of originality and insight
Andrew Billen
The TimesThere are some novels that come along, when writing a review seems superfluous and all one wants to do is to grab someone by the shoulders and say: "Look, just read the damn thing!". This is one of them . . . In this thoughtful, deeply moving page-turner, Faber excels himself
I can't remember being so continually and unfailingly surprised by any book for a long time. I found it completely compelling and believable, and admired it enormously
Philip Pullman
Michel Faber is a truly gifted writer, an addictive storyteller with an nuanced command of language. One of the best things I have read this year
There are some novels that come along, when writing a review seems superfluous and all one wants to do is to grab someone by the shoulders and say: "Look, just read the damn thing!". This is one of them . . . In this thoughtful, deeply moving page-turner, Faber excels himself
Magnificently bold and addictive . . . a book quite unlike any other I've read
Edmund Gordon
Sunday TimesI can't remember being so continually and unfailingly surprised by any book for a long time. I found it completely compelling and believable, and admired it enormously
Philip Pullman
Highly imaginative, unusual and thought-provoking
Katherine Whitbourn
Daily MailThere are some novels that come along, when writing a review seems superfluous and all one wants to do is to grab someone by the shoulders and say: "Look, just read the damn thing!". This is one of them . . . In this thoughtful, deeply moving page-turner, Faber excels himself
Magnificently bold and addictive . . . a book quite unlike any other I've read
Edmund Gordon
Sunday TimesI can't remember being so continually and unfailingly surprised by any book for a long time. I found it completely compelling and believable, and admired it enormously
Philip Pullman
Highly imaginative, unusual and thought-provoking
Katherine Whitbourn
Daily Mail
Michel Faber
View profileMichel Faber has written nine other books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, The Fire Gospel and The Fahrenheit Twins. He has also produced a poetry collection, Undying: A Love Story, two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort, and has won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. In 2017, The Book of Strange New Things will be adapted into Amazon Original Series Oasis. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK.
Michel Faber
View profileMichel Faber has written nine books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White and Undying, his first poetry collection. The Book of Strange New Things was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and won the 2015 Saltire Book of the Year. He has also written two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort, and has won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK.
Michel Faber
View profileMichel Faber has written nine books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White and Undying, his first poetry collection. The Book of Strange New Things was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and won the 2015 Saltire Book of the Year. He has also written two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort, and has won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK.
