Heligoland (novel)

Heligoland is a novel by British author Shena Mackay, first published in 2003 by Jonathan Cape.[1] It was shortlisted for both Whitbread Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction. The Guardian says of the book "This is drawn so playfully and so compassionately – and with such consistently beautiful writing – that the experience is mysteriously comic and sweet."[2]

Heligoland
First edition
AuthorShena Mackay
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication date
2003
Media typePrint & Audio
Pages208
ISBN0-224-05934-3

Plot introduction

Rowena Snow, a woman of Scottish-Asian parentage but brought up as an orphan dreams of Heligoland, once mentioned in the Shipping Forecast but now apparently lost forever. She applies for a position as live in housekeeper at 'The Nautilus', a crumbling 1930s built spiral-shaped building in South London inhabited by an artistic community. Only two of its original inhabitants remain, Celeste Zylberstein and Francis Campion along with Gus Crabb, an antiques dealer. The story tells of Rowena coming to terms with her past and finding her place in the community...

References
  1. http://www.fantasticfiction.com, webmaster@fantasticfiction.com -. "Heligoland by Shena Mackay".
  2. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/mar/01/bookerprize2003.fiction Guardian review
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