The New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle‘Brilliantly written; the first ballet novel for grown-ups’ THE TIMES‘A bravura display of high-performance art’ GUARDIANThe New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle‘Brilliantly written; the first ballet novel for grown-ups’ THE TIMES‘A bravura display of high-performance art’ GUARDIAN‘Brims with emotion … an accomplished novel embracing both domestic drama and the competitive quest for perfection’ SUNDAY TIMESAstonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a young American dancer who helps a Soviet ballet star, the great Arslan Rusakov, defect in 1975. A flash of fame and a passionate love affair follow, but Joan knows that, onstage and off, she is destined to remain in the shadows.After her relationship with Arslan sours, Joan decides to quit ballet and make a new life for herself. But as the years pass, Joan comes to understand that ballet isn’t finished with her yet…From the prize-winning author of Seating Arrangements comes an exquisitely written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the demanding world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations.‘Cleverly constructed with some elegant pirouettes of its own’ DAILY MAIL‘A gripping mix of family drama and insight into the world of ballet’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING‘Shipstead is a gifted writer who examines families and relationships in a poignant, insightful way’ STYLIST‘A dazzling story rooted in the competitive world of dance’ WOMAN & HOME‘So graceful, so dazzling, so sure-handed and fearless, that at times I had to remind myself to breathe’ Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette‘I will be paying close attention to Shipstead’s career from here on in’ Jeffrey Eugenides‘Beautifully written, a top-class novel set in a fascinating world’ Louisa Young, Observer‘Brims with emotion … an accomplished novel embracing both domestic drama and the competitive quest for perfection’ Sunday Times‘So graceful, so dazzling, so sure-handed and fearless, that at times I had to remind myself to breathe’ Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette‘I will be paying close attention to Shipstead’s career from here on in’ Jeffrey Eugenides‘A bravura display of high-performance art, the only constant its quest for perfection’ Catherine Taylor, Guardian‘Very well-written, and cleverly constructed with some elegant pirouettes of its own in the story’s twists and turns’ Daily Mail‘Passionate, gripping and wise about the human heart. One of those wonderful books that leave you bereft yet completely satisfied’ Lucie Whitehouse, author of Before We Met‘Shipstead is shaping up as a master storyteller’ Financial Times‘Brilliantly written; the first ballet novel for grown-ups’ The TimesFrom the Booker Prize 2021 and Women’s Prize 2021 shortlisted author of GREAT CIRCLEMaggie Shipstead graduated from Harvard in 2005 and earned an M.F.A at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Currently, she is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Seating Arrangements is her first novel and was awarded the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2012, the largest award in the world for writers under 30.facebook.com/maggieshipsteadauthorFrom the Booker Prize 2021 and Women’s Prize 2021 shortlisted author of GREAT CIRCLE• Maggie Shipstead’s first novel, SEATING ARRANGEMENTS, won the Dylan Thomas Prize (the largest award in the world for writers under 30) and the LA Times Book Award for First Fiction• SEATING ARRANGEMENTS featured in the Waterstones Book Club for Summer 2013• Fans of Maggie Shipstead will also read books by Liza Klaussman, Maria Semple, Curtis Sittenfeld and Zadie Smith and be lovers of American fiction• Maggie is already a favourite of the festival circuit appearing at Hay in summer 2014 and countless appearances in the US• Critics are already predicting that she will win the Pulitzer before the age of 50• Film rights to SEATING ARRANGEMENTS have been optioned by Sofia CoppolaCompetition: Watch Her Fall;Great Circle;Hamnet;Small Pleasures;Unsettled Ground;Ariadne;The Last Thing He Told Me;The Goldfinch;Where the Crawdads Sing;Astonish Me;The House Guest. Maggie O’Farrell;Clare Chambers;Claire Fuller;Laura Dave;Jennifer Saint;Donna Tartt;Delia Owen;Curtis Sittenfeld;William Boyd
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