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I Am Sovereign Hardcover – July 25, 2019

by Nicola Barker (Author)
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 92 ratings
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'An anarchic and lovingly perverse writer.' Ali Smith

‘I think Nicola Barker is incapable of a dull page. [Her work] is unified by its spirit of adventure.’ Kevin Barry

'She really is a genius.’ Guardian

Charles, a forty-year-old boutique teddy bear maker and wearer of ironic t-shirts, is trying – and failing – to sell his small, characterless house in Llandudno. Avigail, yes Avigail, his estate agent, is trying – mostly in vain – to rein in Charles’s most unhelpful eccentricities, including his repeated recounting to potential buyers of an unsuccessful burglary that took place twelve years ago.

When Wang Shu and her daughter view the house, a series of seemingly innocuous events distorts the reality of the characters’ lives, causing Avigail to revaluate her beliefs – and all of the characters to question their very existence.

As religious epiphanies bump up against declarations of love, examinations of subjectivity hurtle into meditations on the history of culture, our entire understanding of the book – and of the boundaries between fiction and real life – is radically upended.

A tour de force in miniature form that twists the novel into new shapes as the characters sabotage the fictional world they inhabit, I Am Sovereign sees Nicola Barker at her most joyful, provocative and riotous.
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  1. Print length
    188 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    William Heinemann
  4. Publication date
    July 25, 2019
  5. Dimensions
    5.43 x 0.94 x 8.03 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1785152262
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1785152269
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Heinemann (July 25, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 188 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1785152262
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1785152269
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.43 x 0.94 x 8.03 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 92 ratings

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3.8 out of 5 stars
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Phipedro
5.0 out of 5 stars Nicola Barker on top form
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2019
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Which won’t be to everyone’s cup of tea, but gave me vast entertainment and a lot to think about in terms of how fiction works. Barker goes off in quite a different direction from Flann O’Brien in at Swm-Two-Birds in regard to how a writer’s characters can take over the narrative - or not - or there again... But it is great good fun. One can only hope that she hasn’t lost the knack of the novel.
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Phalguni Ray
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in Germany on April 11, 2024
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Received a nice second hand hardcover
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ejm
5.0 out of 5 stars Utter brilliance
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2021
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Hilarious off compulsive read. As soon as I'd finished, I wanted to start again. Experimental fiction at its best. Move over Ali Smith.
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Mals
2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing great
Reviewed in India on August 31, 2019
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Not a very great read!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating and disappointing.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2019
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I couldn’t see the genius in this, despite really, really wanting to. Perhaps it was expecting a bit much for this novella to live up to the hype but I really wanted to like it.

It is a laborious read, a little gimmicky, a little too self-aware.
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Niathedog
1.0 out of 5 stars Read my review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2022
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I opened the covers and saw just a few short sentences on each page. I am unsure why books like this are published. I wrote a childrens book a few years ago which was more interesting and demanding. Better plot too.
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