{"product_id":"dear-thief-samantha-harvey","title":"Dear Thief (Samantha Harvey)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE AUTHOR OF 2024 BOOKER PRIZE WINNING \u003ci\u003eORBITAL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the middle of a winter's night, a woman wraps herself in a blanket, picks up a pen and starts writing to an estranged friend. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn answer to a question you asked a long time ago\u003c\/i\u003e, she writes, and so begins a letter that calls up a shared past both women have preferred to forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout knowing if her friend, Butterfly, is even alive or dead, she writes night after night - a letter of friendship that turns into something more revealing and recriminating. By turns a belated outlet of rage, an act of self-defence, and an offering of forgiveness, the letter revisits a betrayal that happened a decade and a half before, and dissects what is left of a friendship caught between the forces of hatred and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A glorious, sensuous, grown-up novel, intelligent and passionate' TESSA HADLEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ravishing... Harvey offers an incandescent vision of hope and acceptance' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSamantha Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eOrbital\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll is Song\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDear Thief\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Western Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and a work of non-fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Shapeless Unease\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eA Year of Not Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eOrbital \u003c\/i\u003ewas the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, and her other work has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award, the Women's Prize, the Guardian\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eFirst Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Betty Trask Prize. She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65810060607837,"sku":"K051755864","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5175586400001A.jpg?v=1788512959","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/dear-thief-samantha-harvey","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}