LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2018
After studying theatre and film, Tor Udall co-founded a
dance-theatre company and spent most of her twenties directing,
writing and performing. A Thousand Paper Birds is her first novel
and was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award
2018. She lives in London with her husband and young children.
@TorUdall
A masterful exploration of love, loss and the healing power of the
natural world. Like Max Porter’s Grief is a Thing With Feathers, it
uses fable, mystery and a poetic sensibility to get at the nub of
loss … Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure
*Observer*
Abundant and richly suggestive ... Udall weaves a complex story
about the mysterious ways a life can linger, like a scent, and how
grief and love can sometimes feel so vast and overwhelming that no
earthly landscape can contain them
*Daily Mail*
A rich and intricate debut, at once subtle and powerful, intent and
reflective, lyrical and visceral, expertly cultivating an abundance
of life from all that remains after death
*James Hannah, author of The A to Z of You and Me*
A moving story as intricate and elegant as the origami birds that
Chloe, one of the characters, folds. I loved this whimsical debut
novel
*Red, Summer Reads*
Unputdownable fiction … Poetic and finely wrought
*Eithne Farry, Sunday Express*
A story of death and its aftermath, which lingers long after the
last page
*Independent*
An extraordinary, enchanting book. Writing as fine and precise as a
botanical sketch, gorgeously arty themes, powerful yet fragile
imagery and a brilliant story – this is a book to love and
treasure
*Tracy Rees, author of Amy Snow*
This novel is all about seeing a "scarred loveliness" in a damaged
world
*Psychologies*
A poetic exploration of those most difficult of topics, grief and
love, against the backdrop of Kew Gardens … Udall deftly leads the
reader through the tangled web of relationships binding each of
these four people to Audrey, whose own story comes to be revealed
through her diaries
*Scotsman*
Magical, memorable and one I will treasure
*Ali Land, bestselling author of Good Me, Bad Me*
I've fallen in love with this outstanding, eloquent book ... It's
sublime. It's one of the most beautiful books I have EVER read. It
touches your soul
*Nina Pottell, Books Editor for Prima Magazine*
A delicate and beautiful unfolding of grief, loss, love and the way
that lives intersect. Insightful and inventive
*Ann Morgan, author of Beside Myself*
What a joy it was to read A Thousand Paper Birds, a lovely
clockwork of a novel … May it FLY!
*Shelley Harris, author of Jubilee*
A Thousand Paper Birds brings Kew Gardens, and the people who meet
each other there, to life with vivid language
*Yorkshire Post*
Absolutely wonderful. It has the emotional integrity of One Day and
the complexity and character depth of Cloud Atlas ... An incredible
achievement
*Deborah Install, author of A Robot in the Garden*
Outstanding ... This book is packed with phrases and dialogue that
took away my breath, and occasionally brought tears to my eyes. It
is so, so intricate, so perfectly balanced. A beautiful novel that
should be savoured and treasured, and will be remembered for a long
time
*Random Things Through My Letterbox*
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
