A signed numbered limited 1st edition of the well recieved debut novel from influential English poet Salena Godden; a woman of many talents as she is also a broadcaster, essayist, memoirist and activist.
'Mrs Death Misses Death ' published by Canongate Books in Edinburgh on 28 January 2021, 1st edition, medium modern hardback, (xii) + 302 pages.
Flat hand signed by the author at a special title page, which also shows that this copy is number 174 from the limited edition run of only 250 worldwide copies of this special release, which was very quickly sold out.
In fine unread condition, all sides of the text block are sprayed gold, dustjacket in a removable protective plastic sleeve.
Mrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of a novel
Mrs
Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her
job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf
Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but
until now hadn't met Death in person - a black, working-class woman who
shape-shifts and does her work unseen.
Enthralled by her stories,
Wolf becomes Mrs Death's scribe, and begins to write her memoirs. Using
their desk as a vessel and conduit, Wolf travels across time and place
with Mrs Death to witness deaths of past and present and discuss what
the future holds for humanity. As the two reflect on the losses they
have experienced - or, in the case of Mrs Death, facilitated - their
friendship grows into a surprising affirmation of hope, resilience and
love. All the while, despite her world-weariness, Death must continue to
hold humans' fates in her hands, appearing in our lives when we least
expect her . .
'A modern-day Pilgrim's Progress leavened with caustic wit . . .
This is not light-hearted stuff, yet Godden has produced a miraculously
light-hearted novel . . . an elegant, occasionally uproarious, danse macabre ' ― Guardian
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