Burning Bright

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Burning Bright
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Helen Dunmore
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 134
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780141033945
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General
Illustrations no pictures

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 27 March 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

When Nadine runs away to London, innocence and corruption collide... Nadine, a sixteen-year-old runaway new to London, is set up in a decaying Georgian house by her Finnish lover, Kai. Slowly, she begins to suspect that Kai's plans for her have little to do with love. 'Be careful,' warns Enid, the elderly sitting tenant in the house, who knows all about survival and secrets. And when Nadine discovers Kai's true intentions, Enid's warning takes on a terrible and prophetic quality.

Author Biography

Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, children's author and poet. She published twelve novels including Zennor in Darkness, which won the McKitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter, which won the inaugural Orange Prize in 1996; Talking to the Dead; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby and House of Orphans. She was posthumously awarded the Costa 2017 prize for her poetry collection Inside the Wave.

Reviews

A story of terrible innocence...with openings of unexpected love and grace worthy of Graham Greene * The Independent on Sunday * Burning Bright is a beautifully constructed and thought-provoking novel, with a freshness that makes it outstanding * Sunday Telegraph * Helen Dunmore beautifully fulfils the highest function of a storyteller - to make you wonder what will happen next...one goes on addressing the problems of evil which Dunmore raises, long after one has finished her electrifying book * Sunday Times *