- Title:
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The Quickening Maze
- Written by:
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Adam Foulds
- Read by:
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Colin Moody
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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6
- Duration:
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7 hours
- Published:
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February 01 2010
- Available Date:
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February 01 2010
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781742336824
- Genres:
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Fiction; Literary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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International bestseller
Longlisted Dublin IMPAC Award 2011
Shortlisted The Man Booker Prize 2009
"It's a work of strikingly beautiful, unforced writing."
The Daily Express
"A vividly sympathetic exploration of poetry, madness and identity."
The Week
A remarkable and deeply affecting novel.
In 1840, after a lifetime's struggle with alcohol, critical neglect and depression, the nature poet John Clare is incarcerated. The asylum is located in London's Epping Forest and runs 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.
"‘Intensely pleasurable to read – studded with electrically acute images and phrases."
The Observer
"Most notable for its savage descriptions of rural life."
The Guardian
"A seamless blend of historical fact and fiction... Foulds' writing has a poetic intensity and his descriptions are piercingly keen."
The Daily Mail
"The language is simple, sometimes adorned with fleeting and apt images."
Literary Review