Astonishing Splashes Of Colour

Astonishing Splashes Of Colour

by Clare Morrall (Author)

Synopsis

Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2003, this absorbing, beautifully written, and perceptive novel perfectly captures the complexity of memory and the dynamics of family life When an innocent trip to see the play "Peter Pan" gives Kitty's four brothers an excuse to deny her access to her much-loved nieces, she finds herself in a skewed, vividly colored world where children become emblems of hope, longing, and grief. Still reeling from the loss of her own child that never was, Kitty is suddenly made shockingly aware of the real reason for her pervasive sense of non-existence. Suddenly, her family's oddness, the secrets of her mother's life and death, and the disappearance of her sister come into a startling new focus--one that leaves Kitty struggling to find own identity.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: Tindal Street Press
Published: 13 Feb 2003

ISBN 10: 0954130324
ISBN 13: 9780954130329
Book Overview: New edition of Man Booker Prize shortlisted debut: 80,000 copies of previous Tindal Street Press edition sold since 2003
Prizes: Shortlisted for Booker Prize for Fiction 2003 and Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2003.

Media Reviews
An extremely good first novel: deceptively simple, subtly observed. Moving through Kitty's mental landscape feels like snorkeling through a coral reef.
Author Bio
Astonishing Splashes of Colour was Clare Morrall's enormously successful Man Booker Prize-shortlisted debut. A music teacher with two adult children, she lives and works in Birmingham. Clare Morall's fourth novel, The Man Who Disappeared, was published in February 2010 by Sceptre and chosen for Channel 4's TV Book Club.