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| Author | Lucy Ellmann |
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| Language | English |
| Set in | Newcomerstown, Ohio in 2017[1] |
| Publisher | Galley Beggar Press |
Publication date | 4 July 2019 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 1,030 |
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| ISBN | 978-1-910296-96-7 |
Ducks, Newburyport is a 2019 novel by British author Lucy Ellmann. The novel is written in the stream of consciousness narrative style, and consists of a single long sentence, with brief clauses that start with the phrase "the fact that" more than 19,000 times. The book runs over 1000 pages.[2] It won the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize[3] and was shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize.[4]
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waldmanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Preston, Alex (15 July 2019). "Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann review – pushes narrative to its limits". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ Flood, Alison (13 November 2019). "Eight sentences over 1,000 pages: Lucy Ellmann 'masterpiece' wins Goldsmiths prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Sehgal, Parul (3 September 2019). "A Thousand-Page Novel — Made Up of Mostly One Sentence — Captures How We Think Now". The New York Times.
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