An unflinching meditation on love and death in Jim Crace’s best-loved, groundbreaking novel.
Being Dead
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‘Astonishing’ Daily Telegraph
‘One of the most haunting books I read this year’ Carol Shields, Guardian
‘A work of near-genius’ Literary Review
‘Magnificent’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Intensely imagined and deeply felt’ Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times
‘A swirling symphonic celebration of the glory of the natural world’ The Times
‘A classic’ Independent on Sunday
‘One of the most haunting books I read this year’ Carol Shields, Guardian
‘A work of near-genius’ Literary Review
‘Magnificent’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Intensely imagined and deeply felt’ Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times
‘A swirling symphonic celebration of the glory of the natural world’ The Times
‘A classic’ Independent on Sunday
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‘An extraordinarily moving love story’ Observer A couple lie naked in the dunes at Baritone Bay, at the spot where, almost thirty years before, they had first had sex as students. Nostalgia has sent Celice and Joseph back to their singing stretch of coast, but in the seeming calm of the afternoon they meet a brutal and unexpected fate – one which will still their bodies but not their love, and certainly not their story. ‘A work of near-genius’ Literary Review ‘A swirling symphonic celebration of the glory of the natural world’ The Times ‘Intensely imagined and deeply felt’ Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times ‘One of the most haunting books I read this year’ Carol Shields, Guardian ‘Magnificent’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Astonishing’ Daily Telegraph Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Cathy Linton
Format:Kindle Edition
This is a stunning piece of work. Crace never ceases to surprise and delight the reader. The story is simple enough and the prose has a quiet simplicity and beauty compared to some of his previous novels. What makes Being Dead so original and moving is the complex way he explores the subject of death. There is nothing macabre or sensationalized about it. Instead he explores the frank intimacies of human decomposition and the subtle emotional effects on the character's daughter. The clarity and unflinching honesty of the writing makes this a piece of fiction that is unique and uplifting.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Callmerick
Format:Paperback
A novel on the subject of death, which after all concerns everybody, the book succeeds by its neutral tone, making the lost lives of a very ordinary couple poignant and, in retrospect, extraordinary. A good read and a thoughtful novel, - about life in fact, more than death.
By granny
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Jim Crace describes what happens physically to the two bodies killed on the beach over days in the minutest detail and,although gruesome,is also fascinating.He intertwines this with their lives since meeting and the search for them by their daughter.
By kindleaddict
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I suppose it was a bit much to think that it wouldnt be from the title
maybe I just a bit too young for it to resonate!
I didnt really get the daughter she didnt feel very convincing neither did her parents come to think of it!
I liked the idea and it was very well writen but just not really a fun read
maybe I just a bit too young for it to resonate!
I didnt really get the daughter she didnt feel very convincing neither did her parents come to think of it!
I liked the idea and it was very well writen but just not really a fun read
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I bought this for my book club and could not bring myself to finish it. Way too graphic and boring minutiae of the decay of the bodies. It went on and on about how the crabs are them, then the flies then the birds etc etc. I know it was about a pair of biologists but not very romantic at all. Misleading blurb.
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Read this book on my Kindle. Would recommend this book and the author to others who like thrillers. I do think that everyone should make up their own mind as to whether to buy it as we are all so individual
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By B. A. Baker
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A very different sort of a book! One couple, brutally murdered. One surviving daughter, estranged, unfond. Sounds rather grim, but it's actually unputdownable, moving, and life affirming. I highly recommend it.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I found the characterisation unconvincing and it is really annoying how the author makes up names (of places, insects and animals) for no obvious reason. The setting seems to be modern English so why invent terms, both Latin and English, to describe our native fauna?
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Very pleased with seller and purchase. Recommended, would buy again. Very fast delivery, no complaints. That's all I want to say.
Published 2 months ago by Mr. D. J. Gigg
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Beautifully written
Being Dead is a book I will read again.
It is haunting, beautiful and sad and it captures you within the first few pages.
A truly fabulous read and I highly recommend
It is haunting, beautiful and sad and it captures you within the first few pages.
A truly fabulous read and I highly recommend
Published 3 months ago by A Ditchburn
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