Howard Jacobson's version of The Merchant of Venice bends time to its own advantage as it asks what it means to be a father
a monster far worse than any nightmare
there's just a woman who dreamed of being famous and make it happen
Translated by Jenny McPheeWINNER OF THE ALTA 2024 ITALIAN PROSE IN TRANSLATION AWARDWINNER OF THE JOHN FLORIO PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE OXFORD-WEIDENFELD PRIZE 2024
Second Life : 'Unexpected, funny, beautiful' Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma - Amanda Hess Pages:272 pages Howard Jacobson's version of TheAcutely empathetic, thoroughly researched, funny, irreverent and moving' Observer'What a book!' Marianne Levy, author of Don't Forget to Scream'I loved it' Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence In Second Life, Hess tells her deeply personal story of a pregnancy that falls outside the fted category of 'normal'. But this is also a story about all of us. For as she made her way through a bizarre digital world of pregnancy apps, prenatal genetic tests, gender