Auster''s Booker Prize-shortlisted epic from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy: ''a literary voice for the ages'' (Guardian)

‘A masterpiece.’ Daily Mail

‘Absorbing and immersive . . the author’s greatest novel.’ FT

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017

On March 3rd, 1947, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born. From that single beginning, Ferguson’s life will take four simultaneous but entirely different pathsFamily fortunes diverge. Loves and friendships and passions contrast. Each version of Ferguson’s story rushes across the fractured terrain of mid-twentieth century America, in this sweeping story of birthright and possibility, of love and the fullness of life itself.

‘Remarkable . . A novel that contains multitudes.’ New York Times

‘A vast portrait of the turbulent mid-20th century . . . wonderfully, vividly conveyed.’ New Statesman



Format Häftad Omfång 1088 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Faber & Faber Utgivningsdatum 2017-09-14 ISBN 9780571324651