Briefly, A Delicious Life

Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize'Wildly seductive' - Sarah Waters'Exquisite' - New York Times'Deeply enjoyable' - Daily TelegraphBriefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens is a story about breaking convention, and about love - secret, forbidden, unrequited. Blanca has been dead for a few centuries when she falls in love - instantly and devotedly - with celebrated novelist George Sand. George is unlike anyone Blanca has encountered in hundreds of years of haunting: a woman dressed in men's clothes, a ferocious writer, a passionate lover of men and women alike and an ambivalent mother. It is 1838, and George has come to the island of Mallorca with her ailing lover, Fr�d�ric Chopin. As the weather and the locals turn against this strange couple, can the love of a teenage ghost keep them from disaster?'Dazzling' - Melissa Broder, author of The Pisces and Milk Fed`A luscious, multi-sensory bewitchment of a book' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies`A shining work of art' - Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory'Electrifyingly beautiful, exhilaratingly clever . . . sensual, original, intelligent and brimming with love' - Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock`Hugely accomplished' - The Guardian`A playful, otherworldly debut' - Stylist