Chris Cleave
AUTHOR – TEACHER – THERAPIST
My books are about being human in our traumatised world. They’re stories of courage and grace as acts of resistance. They ask: how do we live with what has happened to us, and how do we live with each other because of it?
Everyone Brave Is Forgiven | A novel about human courage | Chris Cleave
Everyone Brave Is Forgiven | A novel about human courage | Chris Cleave
Gold | A novel about human limits | Chris Cleave
Little Bee | A novel about human connection | Chris Cleave
Incendiary | A novel about human resistance | Chris Cleave
Little Bee: a novel about human connection
(titled “The Other Hand” in UK, NZ and Australia)
#1 New York Times bestseller, book club favourite, published in 36 languages.
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“Little Bee will blow you away.” Washington Postβ
“Immensely readable and moving... an affecting story of human triumph.” New York Times
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“An astonishing, flawless novel.” Library Post
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Everyone Brave Is Forgiven:
a novel about human courage
β“Cleave's foray into historical fiction is both grand and intimate. The novel's ability to stay small and quiet against the raging tableau of war is what also makes it glorious.” New York Timesβ
“It's a war novel but not as you know it... his best book to date.” Esquire
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“A compelling and finely crafted novel. For a writer to succeed in setting a tale in a period of heightened emotions, they need first to keep their own emotions under close control. Ian McEwan did this with Atonement, Sarah Waters did it with The Night Watch, and Chris Cleave does it too with Everyone Brave Is Forgiven.” Financial Timesββ
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Gold: a novel about human limits
β“The wait has been worth it. This superb, adrenalin-soaked novel... is about head space, physical, social and moral judgement, aggression, emotional stamina and the extremes of friendship and love; it's about ambition and sacrifice. As with all Cleave's work, Gold probes the limits of what its protagonists will do to identify and protect what they truly cherish. And that, in Cleave's confident hands, truly is exhilarating.” Independentβ
“Cleave is that rare creature – an Oxford graduate with an emotional IQ of Mensa proportions. Add some hard research to give his characters credibility and you have a dream team of story-telling ingredients.” Evening Standard
“Cleave has a Zola-esque ability to write big and deeply... he makes the reader think about political issues and care about his characters.” USA Today
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Incendiary: a novel about human resistance
“Stunning.” Newsweek
β“Stunning.” New York Timesβ
“Stunning.” International Herald Tribune
β“Mesmerising.” Washington Post
β“Captivating.” The Economist
“Exquisitely balanced between terrible sadness and brilliant humour.” Observer
“Searing, poignant and compelling. Utterly believable and mesmerising.” Newsday
“How can one fail to be impressed and moved?” Guardian
“Cleave's heroine is by turns funny, sad, flawed, sympathetic, both damaged and indomitable, and triumphantly convincing.” Sunday Telegraph
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