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Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is about a family coming to terms with the unthinkable: the death of a mother. Playful and funny, profound and heart-breaking, this is a daring debut about motherhood, anatomy, language and the darkness within us all.
Remarkable . . . A tearjerker, but it's hopeful too . . . Brave, inventive and mature
Here is a book to dance and sing about. An extraordinary, kaleidoscopic dive into language
Compelling and uplifting . . . undeniably impressive: Mortimer is clearly a talent to watch
An original and memorable novel written in shimmering prose. The characters stayed with me long after I’d finished reading
Lyrical and beautiful, this is a novel unlike anything else
Both expansive and intimate, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is an intricate portrait of a life hurtling towards the inevitable. An extraordinary debut.
Striking . . . formally inventive . . . Sadness is not allowed to crowd out wit and joy
A beautiful novel about death that feels completely alive, pulsing with tenderness and wit
An extraordinary debut, unlike anything I've read. Wildly inventive, poetic and poignant, this is a rare gem of a novel that took my imagination to new places and touched my heart.
Ambitious, sprawling . . . brings to mind Eimear McBride's A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing . . . restlessly inventive . . . delicate and persuasive . . . sharply funny
It may move between different styles and moods, but underpinning it all is the book’s bursting energy and, in the face of death, its verve for life
This is a touching, eye-opening perspective on life and illness like you've never read before
Using word placement, font, and shape to create images on the page, Mortimer deepens the reader’s engagement with the story and characters . . . Through breathtaking attention to detail, Mortimer crafts a stunning novel that touches on the expanses one life can contain
Maddie Mortimer's dazzling debut novel about a woman with breast cancer is a life-affirming read - all the more so because of its proximity to death . . . While there are many books that explore these themes, it is rare to find one that does so in such an immersive and harrowing way
Maddie Mortimer was born in London in 1996. She received her BA in English Literature from the University of Bristol. Her writing has featured in The Times and her short films have screened at festivals around the world. She is co-writing a TV series currently in development with Various Artists Ltd. In 2019 she completed the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is her first novel.
Remarkable . . . A tearjerker, but it's hopeful too . . . Brave, inventive and mature
Here is a book to dance and sing about. An extraordinary, kaleidoscopic dive into language
Compelling and uplifting . . . undeniably impressive: Mortimer is clearly a talent to watch
An original and memorable novel written in shimmering prose. The characters stayed with me long after I’d finished reading
Lyrical and beautiful, this is a novel unlike anything else
Both expansive and intimate, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is an intricate portrait of a life hurtling towards the inevitable. An extraordinary debut.
Striking . . . formally inventive . . . Sadness is not allowed to crowd out wit and joy
A beautiful novel about death that feels completely alive, pulsing with tenderness and wit
An extraordinary debut, unlike anything I've read. Wildly inventive, poetic and poignant, this is a rare gem of a novel that took my imagination to new places and touched my heart.
Technically dazzling . . . Mortimer has the same felicity with language as Jon McGregor, combining an incantatory prose style with imagery so acute it almost burns
Ambitious, sprawling . . . brings to mind Eimear McBride's A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing . . . restlessly inventive . . . delicate and persuasive . . . sharply funny
It may move between different styles and moods, but underpinning it all is the book’s bursting energy and, in the face of death, its verve for life
This is a touching, eye-opening perspective on life and illness like you've never read before
Using word placement, font, and shape to create images on the page, Mortimer deepens the reader’s engagement with the story and characters . . . Through breathtaking attention to detail, Mortimer crafts a stunning novel that touches on the expanses one life can contain
Maddie Mortimer's dazzling debut novel about a woman with breast cancer is a life-affirming read - all the more so because of its proximity to death . . . While there are many books that explore these themes, it is rare to find one that does so in such an immersive and harrowing way
Maddie Mortimer was born in London in 1996. She received her BA in English Literature from the University of Bristol. Her writing has featured in The Times and her short films have screened at festivals around the world. She is co-writing a TV series currently in development with Various Artists Ltd. In 2019 she completed the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is her first novel.