EAN: 9781910477700

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'Haunting. Geppetto's voice full of wistful overemphases and bewildered revelation is absorbing as he takes in the oddity of his situation. And the book sentence by sentence offers much in which to luxuriate.' - Sunday Times'Profound and delightful. It is a strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions parenting and art-making' - Max Porter'Strange moving and musical it's a delight' - A. L. Kennedy'A re-imagining of Pinocchio told from the viewpoint of the beast-entrapped Geppetto it surprise and delights and saddens and gladdens from start to finish.' - Jane GrahamI am writing this account in another man's book by candlelight inside the belly of a fish. I have been eaten. I have been eaten yet I am living still.'Art objects live in the belly of this marvellous novel images swallowed by text sustained by a sublime and loving imagination. Like all Edward Carey's work The Swallowed Man is profound and delightful. It is a strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions parenting and art-making' Max Porter'Strange and lovely' Rhik Samadder'A beautiful and dark meditation on fatherhood mercy redemption and the alchemy of isolation. Strange moving and musical it's a delight' A. L. KennedyFrom the acclaimed author of Little comes this beautiful and haunting imagining of the years Geppetto spends within the belly of a sea beast.Drawing upon the Pinocchio story while creating something entirely his own Carey tells an unforgettable tale of fatherly love and loss pride and regret and of the sustaining power of art and imagination.

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