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Mrs Death misses Death

Hardcover • 2021 • English • 1. edition

Mrs Death misses Death

By Godden, Salena

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About the book

Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but until now hadn't met Death in person - a black, working-class woman who shape-shifts and does her work unseen.Enthralled by her stories, Wolf becomes Mrs Death's scribe, and begins to write her memoirs. Using their desk as a vessel and conduit, Wolf travels across time and place with Mr...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9781838851194

Publisher

Canongate

Published year

2021

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Mrs Death misses Death

Format

Hardcover

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