The watermark / Sam Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mills, Sam, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Novelists--Fiction.

Novelists.

Couples--Fiction.

Couples.

Fate and fatalism--Fiction.

Fate and fatalism.

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Authorship--Fiction.

Authorship.

Books and reading--Fiction.

Books and reading.

Genre:

Fantasy fiction.

Historical fiction.

Time-travel fiction.

Romance fiction.

Physical Description:

530 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn : Melville House, 2024.

Summary:

Two star-crossed lovers tumble between fictional worlds in this breathtaking reflection on the many lives we lead, and the stories we tell, in the course of a relationship. Rachel and Jaime: their story isn't simple. It might not even be their story.Augustus Fate, a once-lauded novelist and now renowned recluse, is struggling with his latest creation. But when Jaime and Rachel stumble into his remote cottage, he spies opportunity, imprisoning them inside his novel-in-progress. Now, the fledgling couple must try to find their way back home through a labyrinthine network of novels. 'And as they move from Victorian Oxford to a utopian Manchester, a harsh Russian winter to an AI-dominated near-future, so too does the narrative of their relationship change time and again. Together, they must figure out if this relationship of so many presents can have any future at all.The Watermark is a heart-stopping exploration of the narratives we cling to in the course of a life, and the tendency of the world to unravel them. Kaleidoscopic and wildly imaginative, it asks: how can we truly be ourselves, when Fate is pulling the strings?

Notes:

"First published in 2024 by Granta."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781685891916

1685891918

OCLC:

1445768385