Vu
by Kenneth Sinclair
ISBN: 978-1-7393623-4-8
UK Publication, 19 Dec 2024
Print on Demand and eBook available Feb 2025
Paperback original £12.95
Also available to purchase direct from the Books Council of Wales on Gwales.com, or from Amazon.co.uk.
“In all beginnings there is a magic force.”
Kenneth Sinclair
Gabriel, a twentieth century storyteller, is abducted while journeying in an unnamed land. He is summoned to narrate to the Princess Scheherazade, who occupies an imaginal world not bounded by time or place. His narration spans more than two thousand years, told over twenty evenings. It is a many-layered tale, in which poets, painters and players jostle with explorers, sages, and scientists, hurtling towards the silver screen and the apprehension of string theory. The last word is given to the birds, who fly through the narrative, calling us to attend to them and to the natural world in which, and against which, all human striving takes place.
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“After a lifetime of reading, looking at art and listening to music, I found myself searching for a form in which to express the things that most impressed me. Having been brought up on the Thousand and One Nights, it struck me: here was a way. But I wanted to reverse the gender roles. Out of this arose Vu.”
Kenneth Sinclair
THE AUTHOR
Kenneth Sinclair was born in Scotland and now lives in Wiltshire. His plays have been performed in Cambridge and Hampstead, and on the BBC. His collection of poetry, A Breath Taken, was published in 2021.
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READER REVIEWS
Susie Helme, Historical Novel Society
Historical Novel Society Review
I’ve never seen a book like this. The words are so beautiful, so image-rich, that they are almost poetry, gorgeous metaphor-filled erudite references to literary and artistic wonders. Every paragraph is a jewel, an ‘iridescent text that causes others… to qu... Read more
I’ve never seen a book like this. The words are so beautiful, so image-rich, that they are almost poetry, gorgeous metaphor-filled erudite references to literary and artistic wonders. Every paragraph is a jewel, an ‘iridescent text that causes others… to qu... Read more
Brendan McKelvy, Foreword Review
Epic in scope, the literary novel, Vu, is made up of woven-together historical tales used to deliver a thorough picture of the past. Using the framework of Arabian Nights, Kenneth Sinclairʼs novel is a history of the world told in a dreamy stream of elegant prose.
