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The Next Big Thing

Anita Brookner author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:2nd Jun '16

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'This would soon be a new day, all too closely resembling the others, the normal days of his present existence, in which nothing happened nor could be expected to happen'

At seventy-three Herz is facing an increasingly bewildering world. He cannot see his place in it or even work out what to do with his final years. Questions and misunderstandings haunt Herz like old ghosts. Should he travel, sell his flat, or propose marriage to an old friend he has not seen in thirty years? Herz believes that he must do something, only he doesn't know what this next big thing in life should be . . .
'Beautifully written, it draws you in and holds you fast' Daily Mail

Impressive. Beautifully written with flashes of charm and wisdom * Sunday Times *
Infinitely moving * Literary Review *
Beautifully written, it draws you in and holds you fast * Daily Mail *
Brookner has no rivals when it comes to anatomizing complex emotions. Without question, an exceptional piece of writing. * Sunday Telegraph *
Brookner is a brilliant writer, her prose near perfect, and she captures extremely poignantly the loneliness, the anxieties, the insecurity of old age. * Sunday Independent *
Brookner is a great novelist * Evening Standard *

ISBN: 9780241977842

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 181g

256 pages