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DescriptionSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE ‘A vivid and memorable book about art, land and language, love and sex, youth and age. Big ideas tread lightly through Audrey Magee’s strong prose.’ Sarah Moss ‘So brilliant in its quiet tragedy, so revealing in its precision, it haunts me.’ Tsitsi Dangarembga Soft summer days pass, and the islanders are forced to question what they value and what they desire. As the autumn beckons, and the visitors head home, there will be a reckoning. “Beautifully written.‘ STELLA, The Telegraph 'The Colony contains multitudes - on families, on men and women, on rural communities - with much of it just visible on the surface, like the flicker of a smile or a shark in the water.’ John Self, The Times ‘Austere and stark … a story about language and identity, about art, oppression, freedom and colonialism. The Colony is a novel about big, important things.’ Financial Times ‘The Colony is a beautiful, haunting and incredibly powerful book; a reading experience unlike any other, so vivid you can see it all unfold in front of your eyes. Audrey Magee has a true storytelling gift. Absolutely mesmerising.’ FIONA SCARLETT |