Mother London
LiteratureFictionGenre Fiction

Mother London

by Michael Moorcock

Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pages
544
Language
English
Published
1990

Overview

<b>Shortlisted for the Whitbread Award, award-winning author of the Elric series Michael Moorcock offers a captivating and immersive portrait of London from World War II through the 1980s through the eyes of three outpatients from a mental hospital.</b><br><br>In this masterful exploration of the human condition, three outpatients from a mental hospital—a music hall artist, reclusive writer, and a woman just awoken from a long coma—experience the history of London from the Blitz to the late 1980s through a chaotic experience of sensory delusions. Believing themselves to hear voices from London’s past, their fragmented and poignant stories create a tapestry of episodes, snippets, and sidelines that capture the essence of those living on society’s fringes.<br> <br>What <i>The Guardian</i> calls “a great, humane document,” <i>Mother London </i>is a literary work that transcends time and place and is a must-read for literary and historical fiction fans alike.

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