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I Am Sovereign

I Am Sovereign

Paperback Published on: 16/07/2020
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I Am Sovereign
Everything is illumined.......
Nicola Barker experiments with novel writing and knows how to push the boundaries to the very limit. This new book is my favourite so far. The actual story... READ MORE
Emine at Bromley
I Am Sovereign
So much wit for such a small book
Nicola Barker treats the reader with a continuous stream of funny and clever narration, well-constructed characters and utterly odd, paradoxical situations... READ MORE
Beatrice Ballarini
I Am Sovereign
Wacky but loveable
This is an experimental novel and it is important to know that from the beginning or I think you might feel a little disappointed. It does have some intere... READ MORE
Katie Reid

Synopsis

How long does it take to change the world?

Could it happen in approximately twenty minutes?

Charles, a forty-year-old teddy bear maker, is trying to sell his late mother's house, helped by his estate agent Avigail (who thinks Charles is an imbecile). The prospective buyers: the fearsome Wang Shu - who has no desire to make idle chit-chat - and her downtrodden daughter, Ying Yue.

During the twenty-minute viewing a huge number of things happen, although it is also entirely possible that nothing happens at all. Which is it? Can the world really turn on its axis during a mundane discussion about cheese preservation? Has fiction the power to do that? Should it even want to?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Cornerstone
  • ISBN: 9781786090959
  • Number of pages: 224
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 129 mm
  • Weight: 159g
  • Languages: English

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I Am Sovereign
Usual and not what you you may expect!
This short book is completely different. We will meet different characters. A house being sold in Llandudno, this is the premise of the story. The estate a... READ MORE
Helena
I Am Sovereign
Again, hugely delightful
Reminiscent, at times of the fourth-wall busting antics of Milan Kundera, the latest sublime book from Nicola Barker is a short novella detailing, as every... READ MORE
Iain
I Am Sovereign
Gloriously mad
Nicola Barker gets inside the head of four disparate characters thrown together in a twenty minute house viewing in Llandudno. Any conventional constraints... READ MORE
Alan Davis