A God in Ruins - by Kate Atkinson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Ursula Todd's brother Teddy is an old man trying to come to grips with his post-War life and with a modern world and family. Switching back and forth in time between memories of his childhood and his present, Teddy is an oblivious husband, a rueful father. He never quite got over the War and part of him never adjusted to having a future. Would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather, Teddy navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world; his greatest challenge is living in a future he never expected to have. --]cSource other than Library of Congress.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>This stunning companion to Kate Atkinson's #1 bestseller <i>Life After Life</i>, "one of the best novels I've read this century" (Gillian Flynn), follows Ursula's brother Teddy as he navigates an unknown future after a perilous war.</b> <p/> "He had been reconciled to death during the war and then suddenly the war was over and there was a next day and a next day. Part of him never adjusted to having a future." <p/> Kate Atkinson's dazzling <i>Life After Life</i> 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. <i>A God in Ruins</i> 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. <p/> 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, <i>A God in Ruins</i> proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the finest novelists of our age.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"...more subtly postmodern, shifting between past, present, and future in ways both subversive and perfectly organic."--<b>Boris Kachka</b>, <b><i>New York Magazine</b></i><br><br>"A brilliant follow-up."--<b>Katy Waldman</b>, <b><i>Slate</b></i><br><br>"A novel for people who love novels."--<b>Tom Beer</b>, <b><i>Newsday</b></i><br><br>"A novel so sublime I would nominate it to represent all books in the Art Olympics. The afterword deserves a literary prize all to itself. It is, as claimed on the sumptuous proof, even better than <i>Life After Life</i>."--<b><i>The Bookseller</b></i><br><br>"A novel that takes its place in the line of powerful works about young men and war, stretching from Stephen Crane's <i>Red Badge of Courage</i> to Kevin Powers's <i>The Yellow Birds </i>and Ben Fountain's <i>Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk</i>."--<b>Maureen Corrigan</b>, <b><i>The Washington Post</b></i><br><br>"A sprawling, unapologetically ambitious saga that tells the story of postwar Britain through the microcosm of a single family, and you remember what a big, old-school novel can do."--<b>Tom Perotta</b>, <b><i>New York Times Book Review</b></i><br><br>"A staggeringly gorgeous book, offering through the story of one small, good, imperfect life, the chance to grieve and cherish so many more."--<b>Ellis Avery</b>, <b><i>Boston Globe</b></i><br><br>"As finely crafted as <i>Life After Life</i>...Having spun one great novel out of second, third and 50th chances, she's spun another out of the fact that in reality, we get only one."--<b>Lev Grossman</b>, <b><i>Time</b></i><br><br>"Atkinson writes the way LeBron dunks or Stephen Hawking theorizes; she can't help but be brilliant." <br>--<b>Leah Greenblatt</b>, <b><i>Entertainment Weekly</b></i><br><br>"Atkinson's genre-bending novels have garnered critical praise, but nothing on the order of a Rushdie, or even an Ian McEwan. <i>A God in Ruins</i> should change that."--<b>Amy Gentry</b>, <b><i>The Chicago Tribune</b></i><br><br>"Dazzling."--<b><i>People</b></i><br><br>"Gorgeous, thought-provoking...once again, Atkinson explores the concept of paths not taken versus those that are. Her hero's journey has its trials...but also joys and deep love. Quiet, humble Teddy is easy to root for. At the end of this tender story (a weeper, by the way), you won't want to let him go."--<b><i>Good Housekeeping</b></i><br><br>"If you loved Atkinson's<i> Life After Life, </i> you're in luck. If you're one of the, say, five people who didn't read it: You're still in luck--Atkinson is a master at the top of her game. A quiet, moving portrait of a guy navigating life's small pleasures and painful failures."--<b><i>Marie Claire</b></i><br><br>"Magnificent...Atkinson fluidly executes these chronological loop-de-loops, leaving a reader to marvel at that most banal of epiphanies--how fast life goes by."<br>--<b>Maureen Corrigan</b>, <b><i>NPR's "Fresh Air"</b></i><br><br>"Ms. Atkinson rises beautifully to the challenge of dramatizing the raids, capturing the virtually suicidal nature of these operations in muscular, unsentimental prose."--<b>Sam Sacks</b>, <b><i>The Wall Street Journal</b></i><br><br>"Ms. Atkinson's thrumming imagination runs on premium prose, a perfect vehicle for conveying characters to new futures."--<b>Susan Balée</b>, <b><i>The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</b></i><br><br>"Nothing short of a masterpiece. Elegantly structured and beautifully told, it recounts the story of Teddy Todd, the brother of the protagonist of Atkinson's 2013 novel, <i> Life After Life</i>, in his attempt to live a 'good, quiet life' in the 20th century. Characteristically perceptive and poignant, like its predecessor it also gives a vivid and often thrilling account of life during the second world war--seen this time from the air rather than the streets of London."<br>--<b>Paula Hawkins</b>, <b><i>Author of The Girl on the Train</b></i><br><br>"Only as the book unfolds is each character more fully revealed. Ms. Atkinson's artistry in making this happen is marvelously delicate and varied."--<b>Janet Maslin</b>, <b><i>New York Times</b></i><br><br>"This follow up [to <i>Life After Life</i>] tracks Ursula's brother, Teddy, a favorite son who flies an RAF bomber during the Second World War and remains kind, thoughtful, and patient through a life of quiet sadness...Teddy, unlike his sister, lives only one life, but Atkinson's deft handling of time, as she jumps from boyhood to old age and back, is impressive."--<b><i>The New Yorker</b></i><br><br>"Transcendent."--<b>Moira Macdonald</b>, <b><i>The Seattle Times</b></i><br><br>"<i>A God in Ruins</i> bills itself as a companion piece to <i>Life After Life</i>, rather than a sequel. In trying this, Atkinson joins some of the most innovative and impressive authors on both sides of the pond, including Hilary Mantel, Marilynne Robinson, and Jane Smiley, who are busy constructing high-brow trilogies and ambitious spinoffs of their own. Atkinson more than lives up to the challenge and proves herself worthy of her company."--<b>Ester Bloom</b>, <b><i>BarnesandNoble.com</b></i><br><br>"A sprawling, epic novel...<i>A God in Ruins</i> expresses the ways lives can be seen close up, in seemingly unconnected individual moments, or from a distance, as a series of through-lines."--<b>Tasha Robinson</b>, <b><i>NPR.org</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Kate Atkinson</b>'s first novel, <i>Behind the Scenes at the Museum</i>, was named England's Whitbread Book of the Year in 1996. Since then, she has written eleven more ground-breaking, bestselling books. She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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