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The Wake

Paul Kingsnorth

A post-apocalyptic novel set a thousand years ago, The Wake tells the story of Buccmaster of Holland, a free farmer of Lincolnshire, owner of three oxgangs, a man clinging to the Old Gods as the world changes drastically around him.
Publication date: 03 April, 2014
Status: Published
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Winner of the Gordon Burn Prize 2014 and The Bookseller Industry Book of the Year Award 2015. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Folio Prize and shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize.

A post-apocalyptic novel set a thousand years ago, The Wake tells the story of Buccmaster of Holland, a free farmer of Lincolnshire, owner of three oxgangs, a man clinging to the Old Gods as the world changes drastically around him. After losing his sons at the Battle of Hastings and his wife and home to the invading Normans, Buccmaster begins to gather together a band of 'grene men', who take up arms to resist their brutal invaders.

Written in a 'shadow tongue' – a version of Old English updated so as to be understandable for the modern reader – The Wake is a landmark in historical fiction and looks set to become a modern classic.

About the Author

Paul Kingsnorth

I am the author of two political travel books. The first,

One No Many Yeses

(2003), was an exploration of the world’s anti-capitalist movements, which is starting to look rather prescient these days. The second,

Real England

(2008) was an account of a journey through a nation losing its identity to the forces of placeless globalisation, and my meetings with people working to turn the tide.

In 2009, I co-founded the

Dark Mountain Project

, of which I am now the director. We are a movement of writers, artists, thinkers and doers who are seeking new stories for a world in turmoil. We produce an annual anthology of 'uncivilised writing', hold a yearly festival and are curating a growing global network of interesting artistic outsiders.

In 2011, my first collection of poetry,

Kidland

, was published by Salmon.

The Wake

will be, with your help, my first published novel.

If you’d like to know more about me and my work, my website is

here

.

Follow @paulkingsnorth


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