Little
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Publishing:22nd May '25
£10.99
This title is due to be published on 22nd May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD, THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE, THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION AND THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE
'Wonderful' Max Porter
'Unmissable' Olga Tokarczuk
'Startlingly original' Times Book of the Year
There is a space between life and death: it's called waxworks.
Born in Alsace in 1761, the diminutive Marie Grosholtz is quickly nicknamed 'Little'. Orphaned at the age of six, she finds employment in the household of reclusive anatomist Dr Curtius. Soon the eccentric doctor takes an interest in his odd companion, and he begins to instruct her in the fine art of wax modelling, changing the course of her life.
From the gutters of pre-revolutionary France to the luxury of the Palace of Versailles, from clutching the still-warm heads of the Terror to finding something very like love, Little traces the improbable fortunes of a blood-stained crumb of a thing who went on to be the renowned Madame Tussaud.
MORE PRAISE FOR LITTLE:
'Visceral, vivid and moving' GUARDIAN
'A remarkable achievement' SUNDAY TIMES
'Don't miss eccentric charmer' MARGARET ATWOOD
'Absolutely brilliant' SUSAN HILL
'Mesmerising' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'A tale as moving as it is macabre' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Darkly fascinating' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Cinematic in scope' TLS
'Poignant and absorbing' LITERARY REVIEW
'Clever and intriguing' DAILY MAIL
'Rich in deadpan wit and surgically precise observation' A. L. KENNEDY
'Wonderfully weird' CELESTE NG
'Don't miss this eccentric charmer' - Margaret Atwood
'Absolutely brilliant' - Susan Hill
'Rich and engrossing, there is an extraordinary potency to Carey's material ... A visceral, vivid and moving novel' - Guardian
'In this gloriously gruesome imagining of the girlhood of Marie Tussaud, mistress of wax, fleas will bite, rats will run and heads will roll and roll and roll. Guts'n'gore galore: I bloody loved it' - Spectator
'A tale as moving as it is macabre' - Mail on Sunday
'One of the most original historical novels of the year... Macabre, funny, touching and oddly life-affirming, Little is a remarkable achievement' - Sunday Times
'Beautifully published... poignant... absorbing' - Literary Review
'Clever and intriguing' - Daily Mail
'Marie's story is fascinating in itself, but Carey's talent makes her journey a thing of wonder' - New York Times
'By turns witty, ghoulish, poignant and curiously life-affirming, Little is a historical novel unlike any other' - BBC History Magazine
'It is Carey's uniquely inventive style that makes this novel so completely, wickedly, addictive' - Big Issue
'Edward Carey is one of the strangest writers we are privileged to have in this country' - Observer
'Carey creates an indelible character in Little, sprinkles idiosyncratic drawings throughout and folds his narrative in cunning ways...' - BBC
'Full of rich historical detail and beautiful illustrations ... a rare treat of a novel that will stay with you long after you turn the final page' - Heat
'Compulsively readable: so canny and weird and surfeited with the reality of human capacity and ingenuity that I am stymied for comparison. Dickens and David Lynch? Defoe meets Atwood? Judge for yourself...' - Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked
ISBN: 9781805337942
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
480 pages