โ Scribed by Jon McGregor
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
David Carter cannot help but wish for more: that his wife Eleanor would be the sparkling girl he once found so irresistible; that his job as a museum curator could live up to the promise it once held; that his daughter's arrival could have brought him closer to Eleanor. But a few careless words spoken by his mother's friend have left David restless with the knowledge that his whole life has been constructed around a lie.
`A close reading of ordinary lives ... tender and often
beautifully poetic' -- Stephanie Merritt, Observer
`Both compelling and convincing. A deeply rewarding read, serious
and often beautiful' -- Good Book Guide
`McGregor is a brilliant prose stylist, and here he excels at
making the provincial and the ordinary seem extraordinary' -- Sunday Times
`This is a wonderful novel; low-key but beautifully paced,
scattered with extraordinarily intense moments' -- Tom Boncza-Tomaszewski, Independent on Sunday
`This is an unforgettable novel' -- David Isaacson, Daily Telegraph
Jon McGregor was shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category in
the 2004 British Book Awards and is winner of the Betty Trask Award and the
Somerset Maugham Prize. So Many Ways to Begin was longlisted for the 2006
Man Booker Prize.
Library : General
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780747585978
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"David Carter is an obsessive collector and the curator of a local history museum. In addition to archiving the community, he has kept an archive of his own life since he was a young boy, collecting sundry items that tell his story: birth certificate, school report cards, annotated cinema and train
In this potent examination of family and memory, Jon McGregor charts one man's voyage of self-discovery. Like Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, So Many Ways to Begin is rich in the intimate details that shape a life, the subtle strain that defines human relationships, and the personal history