Event overview
The Goldsmiths Writers’ Centre presents
Marion Coutts talking about her acclaimed memoir The Iceberg
Please email m.macdonald@gold.ac.uk to reserve a place
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2014
Shortlisted for the 2014 Costa Biography Award
Longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2014
‘Marion Coutt’s memoir of her husband Tom Lubbock’s last
days following the diagnosis of a brain tumour is as devastating
as you might expect. Yet such is the intensity and passion of her
writing, it’s also strangely exhilarating.’
Guardian, Books of the Year
‘An extraordinary vigil of a book, a work of art.’
Observer, Books of the Year
‘The most heartbreaking memoir of the year... the writing is raw
with grief, and offers no pat lessons or easy answers’
Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year
‘Extraordinary... Not quite like any other bereavement memoir... it
reads like a huge juggernaut, its inevitable awful ending hurtling
towards you at full speed from the first page’
Evening Standard
‘Searing, shocking, unflinching, profoundly moving’
Spectator, Books of the Year
‘One of the most compelling and challenging books of the year.’
Sunday Times, Books of the Year
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2015 | 5:00pm - 6:30pm |
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