Hamnet

The no. 1 bestseller that inspired the major film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal WINNER: BEST PICTURE (DRAMA) AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES WINNER: OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE BAFTAS NOMINATED FOR EIGHT ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST SCREENPLAY AND BEST PICTURE 'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART. The untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece. On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week. Hamnet tells the powerful story of Agnes and Will, and of the son whose life has been all but forgotten, but who inspired one of the greatest plays ever written. Fall in love with HAMNET this year 'HAMNET is a feast for the senses' 'One of my favourite books of the year. Simply gorgeous' 'Words fail me... this story had me feeling everything' 'I read and reread passages throughout this exceptional novel'

Vinder af The Women's Prize for Fiction 2020. En smuk og sørgelig bog om Shakespeares eneste søn, Hamnet. Et indlevende portræt af en dreng og hans mor, og frem for alt en stor roman om kærlighed og tab, smukt og sørgeligt fortalt med en let og tidløs stemme.Maggie O’Farrell manøvrer rundt med sine karakterer med en tryllekunstners kunstgreb ... en ferm og overbevisende menneskeskildrer. - GuardianEn sommerdag i 1596 ligger en ung pige syg med høj feber i den lille engelske by Stratford-upon-Avon. Hendes tvillingebror, Hamnet, løber af sted for at finde hjælp, men der er tomt både i deres eget hus og i nabohuset, hvor bedsteforældrene bor. Hvor er alle henne? Deres mor, Agnes, er uden for byen i den have, hvor hun dyrker helbredende urter. Deres far er helt i London, hvor han arbejder på et af sine skuespil. Ingen af forældrene har nogen anelse om, at et af deres børn vil være død inden ugen er omme.HAMNET er kåret til en af årets ti bedste bøger af New York Times.MAGGIE O’FARRELL er født i Nordirland i 1972, er opvokset i Wales og Scotland og er nu bosat i Edinburgh. Hun er tidligere journalist og debuterede som forfatter i år 2000 med romanen After You'd Gone, som hun modtog debutantprisen The Betty Trask Award for. Siden er det blevet til syv romaner mere og en selvbiografi og adskillige litterære priser. Hamnet er den femte af hendes bøger, der udkommer på dansk.

The no. 1 bestseller that inspired the major film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal WINNER: BEST ACTRESS AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS WINNER: BEST PICTURE (DRAMA) AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES WINNER: OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE BAFTAS 'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART. The untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece. On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week. Hamnet tells the powerful story of Agnes and Will, and of the son whose life has been all but forgotten, but who inspired one of the greatest plays ever written. Fall in love with HAMNET this year 'HAMNET is a feast for the senses' 'One of my favourite books of the year. Simply gorgeous' 'Words fail me... this story had me feeling everything' 'I read and reread passages throughout this exceptional novel'

"Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell is an amazing piece of historical fiction that shines a light on a young boy often forgotten by history - the famous playwright William Shakespeare's only son, Hamnet. A boy whose name is curiously close to that of the main character in one of his father's greatest plays. It's a warm day in the summer of 1596 and the sun is shining in the peaceful town of Stratford-upon-Avon, but all is not well. Judith, a young local girl, has suddenly fallen ill and is plagued by a horrid fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, is worried and searches all over for help. Their mother, Agnes, is miles away collecting medicinal herbs in her private garden and their father is far away in London for work. Neither parent could possibly anticipate that one of their children would not survive the week. "Hamnet" is a portrait of a family in mourning following the tragic loss of a child and a captivating story of its repercussions on a marriage. "Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell was immensely well-received by critics and a popular bestseller in 2021. The novel was the recipient of a variety of English and American literary awards including the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction.

"Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell is an amazing piece of historical fiction that shines a light on a young boy often forgotten by history - the famous playwright William Shakespeare's only son, Hamnet. A boy whose name is curiously close to that of the main character in one of his father's greatest plays. It's a warm day in the summer of 1596 and the sun is shining in the peaceful town of Stratford-upon-Avon, but all is not well. Judith, a young local girl, has suddenly fallen ill and is plagued by a horrid fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, is worried and searches all over for help. Their mother, Agnes, is miles away collecting medicinal herbs in her private garden and their father is far away in London for work. Neither parent could possibly anticipate that one of their children would not survive the week. "Hamnet" is a portrait of a family in mourning following the tragic loss of a child and a captivating story of its repercussions on a marriage. "Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell was immensely well-received by critics and a popular bestseller in 2021. The novel was the recipient of a variety of English and American literary awards including the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction.

The no. 1 bestseller that inspired the major film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal WINNER: BEST ACTRESS AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS WINNER: BEST PICTURE (DRAMA) AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES WINNER: OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE BAFTAS 'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART. The untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece. On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week. Hamnet tells the powerful story of Agnes and Will, and of the son whose life has been all but forgotten, but who inspired one of the greatest plays ever written. Fall in love with HAMNET this year 'HAMNET is a feast for the senses' 'One of my favourite books of the year. Simply gorgeous' 'Words fail me... this story had me feeling everything' 'I read and reread passages throughout this exceptional novel'

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - Now a major motion picture starring ACADEMY AWARD(R) winner Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn, directed by Chlo? Zhao. The acclaimed author of the Reese's Book Club pick The Marriage Portrait delivers a deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare's eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, and the years leading up to the production of his great play Hamlet . "Miraculous. . . . Brilliant. . . . A novel told with the urgency of a whispered prayer--or curse. . . . A richly drawn and intimate portrait of 16th-century English life set against the arrival of one devastating death." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on. A young Latin tutor--penniless and bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family's land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever. Hamnet is mesmerizing, seductive, impossible to put down--a magnificent leap forward from one of our most gifted novelists.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - Now a major motion picture starring ACADEMY AWARD(R) winner Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn, directed by Chlo? Zhao. The acclaimed author of the Reese's Book Club pick The Marriage Portrait delivers a deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare's eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, and the years leading up to the production of his great play Hamlet . "Miraculous. . . . Brilliant. . . . A novel told with the urgency of a whispered prayer--or curse. . . . A richly drawn and intimate portrait of 16th-century English life set against the arrival of one devastating death." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on. A young Latin tutor--penniless and bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family's land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever. Hamnet is mesmerizing, seductive, impossible to put down--a magnificent leap forward from one of our most gifted novelists.

En smuk og sørgelig bog om Shakespeares eneste søn, Hamnet. Et indlevende portræt af en dreng og hans mor, og frem for alt en stor roman om kærlighed og tab, smukt og sørgeligt fortalt med en let og tidløs stemme. "Hamnet er en vidunderlig bog. Sanseligheden fortryller, og ømheden bevæger." ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Politiken "Den er stille og knugende i sine sorgbeskrivelser, mild og lun i sin kærlighedshistorie, ganske magisk i sin grundstemning." - Weekendavisen "En smuk fortælling." ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Femina En sommerdag i 1596 ligger en ung pige syg med høj feber i den lille engelske by Stratford-upon-Avon. Hendes tvillingebror, Hamnet, løber af sted for at finde hjælp, men der er tomt både i deres eget hus og i nabohuset, hvor bedsteforældrene bor. Hvor er alle henne? Deres mor, Agnes, er uden for byen i den have, hvor hun dyrker helbredende urter. Deres far er helt i London, hvor han arbejder på et af sine skuespil. Ingen af forældrene har nogen anelse om, at et af deres børn vil være død inden ugen er omme. HAMNET blev kåret til en af årets ti bedste bøger af New York Times i 2020 og O'Farrell er vinder af The Women's Prize for Fiction 2020. MAGGIE O’FARRELL er født i Nordirland i 1972, er opvokset i Wales og Scotland og er nu bosat i Edinburgh. Hun er tidligere journalist og debuterede som forfatter i 2000 med romanen After You'd Gone, som hun modtog debutantprisen The Betty Trask Award for. Siden er det blevet til syv romaner mere og en selvbiografi og adskillige litterære priser.