The Quickening Maze [electronic resource]
Foulds, Adam2009
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize After a lifetime's struggle with alcohol, critical neglect and depression, in 1840 the nature poet John Clare is incarcerated. The asylum, in London's Epping Forest, is run on the reformist principles of occupational therapy. At the same time, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and became entangled in the life of the asylum. This historically accurate, intensely lyrical novel, describes the asylum's closed world and Nature's paradise outside the walls: Clare's dream of home, of redemption, of escape.
Main title:
The Quickening Maze [electronic resource] / Adam Foulds
Author:
Foulds, Adam, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Random House, 2009
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Adam Foulds was born in 1974, took a Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia and now lives in South London. His first novel, The Truth About These Strange Times, was published in 2007 and his book-length narrative poem, The Broken Word, the following year. He was named the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year in 2008.
Awards:
Man Booker Prize for Fiction Nominee (The Booker Prize Foundation)
ISBN:
9781409077176
Language:
English
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BRN:
2307934