Books by Charlotte Wood
“The protagonist, the narrator, retreats to a religious community. The nuns learn that the remains of a missing nun, Sister Jenny have been discovered in Thailand. And that her bones will be returned to the Sisterhood by ‘celebrity nun’, Helen Parry. It kind of revolves, or evolves, around that. Again, there are so many layers to this one. It’s looking at ideas of decay, but also at forgiveness and atonement, and—within the convent—themes of environmentalism, which is symbolised in the plague of mice. It felt like a reflection on the relentlessness of forces of nature, and how they can overwhelm human efforts at control.” Read more...
The Best Novels of 2024: The Booker Prize Shortlist
Nitin Sawhney, Musicians, Music Critics & Scholar
Interviews where books by Charlotte Wood were recommended
The Best Novels of 2024: The Booker Prize Shortlist, recommended by Nitin Sawhney
Every year, the £50,000 Booker Prize is awarded to a work of fiction newly published in English. We spoke to the composer Nitin Sawhney, one of this year’s judges, about their search for a shortlist, and why these six books—including the winning title, Samantha Harvey’s space station novel Orbital—are the best novels of 2024.
