Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
30 March 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize
Shortlisted: Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year - Goldsmiths Prize - Betty Trask Prize
Longlisted: Booker Prize - Dylan Thomas Prize
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is a story of coming-of-age at the end of a life. Utterly heart-breaking yet darkly funny, Maddie Mortimer’s debut is a symphonic journey through one woman’s body: a celebration of...
Details
30 March 2023448 pages
9781529069389Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Remarkable . . . A tearjerker, but it's hopeful too . . . Brave, inventive and matureSunday Times
Here is a book to dance and sing about. An extraordinary, kaleidoscopic dive into languageDaisy Johnson, Man Booker-shortlisted author of Everything, Under
Compelling and uplifting . . . undeniably impressive: Mortimer is clearly a talent to watchTelegraph
An original and memorable novel written in shimmering prose. The characters stayed with me long after I’d finished readingSarah Moss, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of Ghost Wall and Summerwater
