So I Am Glad

A Novel

By A. L. Kennedy | Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

About the book

The ferociously talented author of Original Bliss and On Bullfighting offers this haunting tale of two forlorn people who find in each other a hope and love as genuine and original as this marvelous book in which they come to life.

M. Jennifer Wilson is a mid-thirties radio announcer living in Glasgow. She shares a house with Art and Liz, two typical Scotland thirtysomethings, but her life takes a drastic turn with the arrival of her new housemate, an elusive man who glows in the dark and can't remember his name. He soon reveals himself to be none other than Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, the famed writer and duelist of eighteenth-century France, and what unfolds is a love story stark and surreal, tender and humane.

Editions of So I Am Glad

Paperback
ISBN 9780375707247
Paperback
ISBN 9780099457213
Paperback
ISBN 9780224039741
AltFormat
ISBN 9780375407314
EBook
ISBN 9780307427830

Read an Excerpt

The ferociously talented author of Original Bliss and On Bullfighting offers this haunting tale of two forlorn people who find in each other a hope and love as genuine and original as this marvelous book in which they come to life.

M. Jennifer Wilson is a mid-thirties radio announcer living in Glasgow. She shares a house with Art and Liz, two typical Scotland thirtysomethings, but her life takes a drastic turn with the arrival of her new housemate, an elusive man who glows in the dark and can't remember his name. He soon reveals himself to be none other than Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, the famed writer and duelist of eighteenth-century France, and what unfolds is a love story stark and surreal, tender and humane.

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What is So I Am Glad about?

The ferociously talented author of Original Bliss and On Bullfighting offers this haunting tale of two forlorn people who find in each other a hope and love as genuine and original as this marvelous book in which they come to life.

M. Jennifer Wilson is a mid-thirties radio announcer living in Glasgow. She shares a house with Art and Liz, two typical Scotland thirtysomethings, but her life takes a drastic turn with the arrival of her new housemate, an elusive man who glows in the dark and can't remember his name. He soon reveals himself to be none other than Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, the famed writer and duelist of eighteenth-century France, and what unfolds is a love story stark and surreal, tender and humane.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in So I Am Glad?

Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre

Where can I read a sample of So I Am Glad?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780375707247

Is So I Am Glad part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

Yes it is a part of series Vintage Contemporaries

Who is/are the Author/s of the book So I Am Glad?

A. L. Kennedy

Who is the Publisher of the book So I Am Glad?

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

So I Am Glad is available as paperback(ISBN 9780375707247) and paperback(ISBN 9780099457213) and paperback(ISBN 9780224039741) and altformat(ISBN 9780375407314) and ebook(ISBN 9780307427830)

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