- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Sceptre; New Ed edition (10 Aug 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340896515
- ISBN-13: 978-0340896518
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 198,830 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘A powerful reflection on shame, revenge and the consequences of our actions. Like a latter-day George Eliot, Morrall has a gift for creating a moving story out of potentially unpromising material...a writer of real talent.’ ( Daily Mail )
‘This original and absorbing book deserves to take Morrall straight back into prize contention’ ( Marie Claire )
‘Natural Flights of the Human Mind is solid, satisfying and skillfully plotted, with a cast of wholly believable characters. As the tension mounts Natural Flights really takes off. At its helm, Morrall comes into her own; steering a shuddering, febrile last chapter into an elegant denouement.’ ( The Times )
‘Clare Morrall's debut was the surprise contender for 2004's Booker Prize. Its follow-up, Natural Flights of the Human Mind, proves she's no flash in the pan. With quiet control and a deliciously unsentimental wit, she tells the story of two peculiar characters. Their misadventures accompanied by outside events that move towards an unexpected and oddly touching climax.’ ( Metro )
‘Absorbing. . . Morrall can be a moving writer. . . She is particularly good at grief. . . Uplifting.’ ( Sunday Times )
‘This original and absorbing book deserves to take Morrall straight back into prize contention’ ( Marie Claire )
‘Pacey and page turning. Absorbing and beautifully written'
( Daily Express )‘Gripping. . . Morrall is in complete command of her complex material’
( Times Literary Supplement )‘Natural Flights of the Human Mind is solid, satisfying and skillfully plotted, with a cast of wholly believable characters. As the tension mounts Natural Flights really takes off. At its helm, Morrall comes into her own; steering a shuddering, febrile last chapter into an elegant denouement.’ ( The Times )
'Warm, witty and a testament to the human spirit'
( Australian )‘Clare Morrall's debut was the surprise contender for 2004's Booker Prize. Its follow-up, Natural Flights of the Human Mind, proves she's no flash in the pan. With quiet control and a deliciously unsentimental wit, she tells the story of two peculiar characters. Their misadventures accompanied by outside events that move towards an unexpected and oddly touching climax.’ ( Metro )
‘Absorbing. . . Morrall can be a moving writer. . . She is particularly good at grief. . . Uplifting.’ ( Sunday Times )
'Natural Flights of the Human Mind confirms that Morrall writes with a brisk charm and comic vision'
( Independent on Sunday )Times Literary Supplement
‘Gripping. . . Morrall is in complete command of her complex material’
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book to be an amazingly gripping story. The main character is a recluse, who lives in a lighthouse and never speaks to anyone. He moved there 24 years ago, in an effort to hide from the public after he killed 78 people. He 'talks' to his victims in his dreams. Then he meets a school caretaker who has recently moved into a cottage in a nearby village. He starts a friendship with her and helps to fix her home up. Together they discover that she has inherited an old aircraft. In the meantime, the relatives of the people he killed, have all got together for the 25th anniversary of their loved ones deaths, and decided to hunt him down.
This book is full of warmth and gentle humor, and shows just how resilient people can be. An excellent piece of writing which will have you turning the pages faster and faster. Clare Morall is definitely an author whose work I will keep an eye on. I can't wait for her next book.
This book is full of warmth and gentle humor, and shows just how resilient people can be. An excellent piece of writing which will have you turning the pages faster and faster. Clare Morall is definitely an author whose work I will keep an eye on. I can't wait for her next book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I finished reading this book last weekend. It's now Wednesday and am still thinking about it hence this review entry.
As other reviews have stated the story unfolds at a gentle pace, adding together present and past lives like building blocks. The story shows us that we are a world of individuals whose lives have a tendency to crash into each other. The effects of such events can last for years if we allow them to............and yes I cried at the end.
As other reviews have stated the story unfolds at a gentle pace, adding together present and past lives like building blocks. The story shows us that we are a world of individuals whose lives have a tendency to crash into each other. The effects of such events can last for years if we allow them to............and yes I cried at the end.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just finished this book and really enjoyed it - the ability of the author to give away a steady trickle of information slowly throughout the book means there are surprises and twists right until the very end. I loved the two main characters in the book - both so odd, yet likeable in all their failings. This is an easy read but still leaves you feeling satisfied - I'd recommend it.
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Enigmatic storyline with fascinating structure
First read from this author has me longing for the next, I found myself totally immersed in it every minute possible and felt a sense of loss when I had finished it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by AliJ
Beautifully crafted
Have you ever just lived with a book? This is how Natural Flights of the Human Mind made me feel. The writing is deceptively simple and beautifully crafted. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Charley
Beautifully told tale about responsibility and parental influence
Having read another book by Clare Morrall I was looking forward to reading this and wasn't disappointed. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2010 by Arkgirl
building excitement
I hate to give bad reviews, so I generally only review books that I love, and this one is definitely in that catagory. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2009 by Mrs. S. R. Wray
Unnatural Boredom of Anyone's Mind
Pedestrian isn't the word.
I tried up to page 50 and gave up.
The movement was inch by inch, second by second, and the man in the lighthouse had as much charisma as... Read more
I tried up to page 50 and gave up.
The movement was inch by inch, second by second, and the man in the lighthouse had as much charisma as... Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2009 by Mr. John Frank Herbert
Thoroughly Good Read
Having enjoyed "Astonishing Splashes of Colour", I wondered whether Morrall could pull off another original of the same calibre: I was nor disappointed. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2006 by G. L. Smerdon
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