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A God in Ruins - Kate Atkinson
A God in Ruins
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Kate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life explored the possibility of infinite chances and the power of choices, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last century over and over again. A God in Ruins tells the dramatic story of the 20th Century through Ursula's... show more
Kate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life explored the possibility of infinite chances and the power of choices, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last century over and over again.

A God in Ruins tells the dramatic story of the 20th Century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy--would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather-as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world. After all that Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge is living in a future he never expected to have.

An ingenious and moving exploration of one ordinary man's path through extraordinary times, A GOD IN RUINS proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the finest novelists of our age.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780316176538 (0316176532)
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
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4.0 A God in Ruins
I would have given this book 3.5 stars, but Atkinson's writing could make even the most banal storyline compelling. Honestly, I felt like this novel could have used more editing, but hey, I picked it because I liked Life After Life, and I also love a big fat paperback. Some characters, (looking at y...
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5.0 A God in Ruins
Their names written on water. Or scorched into the earth. Or atomized into the air. Legion.Have you ever read a book that you hated to put down but also hated to keep reading because you couldn’t bear the thought of reaching the end? That’s how I felt reading Kate Atkinson’s A God in Ruins, the comp...
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This, that, and the other rated it
5.0 A God in Ruins
Their names written on water. Or scorched into the earth. Or atomized into the air. Legion.Have you ever read a book that you hated to put down but also hated to keep reading because you couldn’t bear the thought of reaching the end? That’s how I felt reading Kate Atkinson’s A God in Ruins, the comp...
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5.0 A God in Ruins - Kate Atkinson
A companion to Life After Life. Atkinson's plotting and writing and magical realism, all of it just gets better and better.Library copy
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5.0 A God in Ruins, by Kate Atkinson
Reading Life After Life was such an odd and wonderful experience that I was curious about what Kate Atkinson would do in the companion novel, A God in Ruins. Rather than a post-structuralist and philosophical fictional biography, Atkinson gives us a meandering bildungsroman in A God in Ruins. It’s d...
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