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Love and Other Thought Experiments : Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 - Sophie Ward

Love and Other Thought Experiments

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020

By: Sophie Ward

Paperback | 6 January 2020 | Edition Number 1

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Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020

Longlisted for the Desmond Eliot Prize 2020

Longlisted for the Polari Prize 2021

Featuring on BBC 2's Between the Covers

'Sophie Ward is a dazzling talent who writes like a modern-day F Scott Fitzgerald' Elizabeth Day, author of How To Fail

'An act of such breath-taking imagination, daring and detail that the journey we are on is believable and the debate in the mind non-stop. There are elements of Doris Lessing in the writing - a huge emerging talent here' Fiona Shaw

'A towering literary achievement' Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things

Rachel and Eliza are planning their future together. One night in bed Rachel wakes up terrified and tells Eliza that an ant has crawled into her eye and is stuck there. Rachel is certain; Eliza, a scientist, is sceptical. Suddenly their entire relationship is called into question. What follows is a uniquely imaginitive sequence of interlinked stories ranging across time, place and perspective to form a sparkling philosophical tale of love, lost and found across the universe.
Industry Reviews
Sophie Ward is a dazzling talent who writes like a modern-day F Scott Fitzgerald

It is an act of such breath-taking imagination, daring and detail that the journey we are on is believable and the debate in the mind non-stop. There are elements of Doris Lessing in the writing - a huge emerging talent here

Love and Other Thought Experiments is a towering literary achievement. Sophie's prose is exquisite and her storytelling powerful, poignant and utterly gripping. An astonishing debut - Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things

Love and Other Thought Experiments is acutely original and thought-provoking. From beginning to end it is beautifully observed, intelligently constructed and deftly handled. Love and Other Thought Experiments is as multi-faceted as a diamond; a true philosophical hoard; a book I shall always treasure

Sophie Ward is an innovative and highly sophisticated writer

Elegant, erudite, brave and moving, Sophie Ward's debut is a stunning achievement

Love and Other Thought Experiments is brilliant and playful. From the first page you know you're in a unique and compelling universe of Ward's making

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