Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
James Meek was born in London in 1962 and grew up in Dundee. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent is his fourth novel. His previous books include Drivetime (1995) and The People's Act of Love (2005) which won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, the SAC Book of the Year Award, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into more than twenty languages. He has published two collections of short stories, Last Orders (1992) and The Museum of Doubt (2000), which was shortlisted for a Macmillan Silver Pen award.
He has worked as a journalist since 1985. He now lives in London. His reporting from Iraq and about Guantánamo Bay won a number of British and international awards. In the autumn of 2001 he reported for the Guardian from Afghanistan on the war against the Taliban and the liberation of Kabul.
Astonishing. A love story that owes everything to the great collision of Osama bin Laden and Bush Jr's foreign policy. An intensely flavoured excavation of our times . . . wholly original.
* The Times *
A brilliantly constructed contemporary novel, illuminated with wit and intelligence on almost every page.
* Daily Mail *
Damnably hard to put down, with the momentum and trajectory of a well-aimed rocket. A book to keep one reading through the small hours. Terrific.
- Jonathan Raban, * London Review of Books *
A truthful and powerful novel about love, friendship and the struggle to be true in a world that has lost its grip on certainties.
* New Statesman *
Compelling and admirable . . . Kellas is one of the more intriguing anti-heroes of recent fiction.
- Matt Thorne, * Sunday Telegraph *
Genuinely affecting.
* Sunday Times *
Always readable, the book has pace and assurance. A highly intelligent novel and edgily contemporary.
* Independent *
Conscientious and courageous.
* Guardian *
<i>We Are Now Beginning our Descent</i> is really a love story, a fine successor to <i>The People's Act of Love.</i>
* Spectator *
Meek has created not just an entertaining novel, but a valuable comment on some of the most contentious issues of our time.
* Irish Times *
At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope.
With all the explosive drama of The People's Act of Love, this is a spellbinding tale of folly and the pursuit of love from one of today's most talented and visionary writers.
The message was short.
'I want to see you now. I want you to come to me, it doesn't matter how late it is, and tell me exactly what you want from me.'
At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope.
With all the explosive drama of The People's Act of Love, this is a spellbinding tale of folly and the pursuit of love from one of today's most talented and visionary writers.
James Meek has won the Ondaatje Prize, the Saltire Award, the Macmillan Silver Pen and been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent won the 2008 Prince Maurice Prize.
'Astonishing. A love story that owes everything to the great collision of bin Laden and Bush Jr's foreign policy. Wholly original.'
The Times
'Damnably hard to put down, with the momentum and trajectory of a well-aimed rocket. A book to keep one reading through the small hours. Terrific.'
Jonathan Raban, London Review of Books
'A highly intelligent novel and edgily contemporary.'
Independent
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
James Meek was born in London in 1962 and grew up in Dundee. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent is his fourth novel. His previous books include Drivetime (1995) and The People's Act of Love (2005) which won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, the SAC Book of the Year Award, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into more than twenty languages. He has published two collections of short stories, Last Orders (1992) and The Museum of Doubt (2000), which was shortlisted for a Macmillan Silver Pen award.
He has worked as a journalist since 1985. He now lives in London. His reporting from Iraq and about Guantánamo Bay won a number of British and international awards. In the autumn of 2001 he reported for the Guardian from Afghanistan on the war against the Taliban and the liberation of Kabul.