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Written by Paul Auster
- Shortlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2017
- Published by Faber & Faber
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In this brilliantly unique book, four parallel and entirely different lives, a young boy grows up - again and again and again
On March 3, 1947 Archibald Isaac Ferguson is born. From that single beginning, his life takes on the simultaneous and independent fictional paths of four boys made of the same genetic material, four boys who are the same boy. The rotating narratives evolve into an elaborate dance of inner worlds enfolded within the outer forces of history as, one by one, the intimate plots of the four Fergusons’ stories rush on across the tumultuous and fractured terrain of mid-20th century America.
Paul Auster
What the Booker Prize Book Club said
‘It took me a very long time to recover from this book and I can hardly put into words how impactful it was to me. Please do not let the volume scare you away! This is a worthy Booker contestant, a book of rare value and narrative talent that will captivate you.
If you love historical fiction, family drama and stories of ancestry, if you need strength navigating your youth or you need to remember it and contemplate, if you are dealing with death, love, heartbreak, this book will have something for you.’
Emmanouela Roussaki, The Booker Prize Book Club
The Booker Prize Book Club