
Christmas in Austin : From the 2025 Booker shortlisted author of The Rest of Our Lives
by Benjamin Markovits
Title:
Christmas in Austin : From the 2025 Booker shortlisted author of The Rest of Our Lives
Author:
Benjamin Markovits
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
432 pages
Publisher:
Faber and Faber Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780571339761
EAN:
9780571339761
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
464
Dimensions (mm):
130 x 197 x 30
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
'Intricately, intimately written, with some wonderful prose and delicate dialogue.' Guardian'A loving and nuanced portrait of a family's myriad functions.' The New Yorker'Utterly absorbing.' Financial Times'A tour de force.' Sunday TimesA Luminous family saga from one of Granta's Best Young British NovelistsWhen the four Essinger children gather in Austin for Christmas, they all bring their news. Nathan wants to become a federal judge. Susie's husband has taken a job in England. Jean has asked her boyfriend and (once-married) boss to meet her family. Paul has broken up with Dana, mother of their son Cal. But their parents have plans, too, and Liesel, the materfamilias, has invited Dana and Cal to stay, hoping to bring them back together. As the week unfolds, each of the Essingers has to confront the tensions and conflicts between old families and new. Rich, intimate, and deeply perceptive, Christmas in Austin beautifully explores the deep-rooted division between the world we grow up in, and the life we make for ourselves.'A subtle, complex, grown-up study of a modern family. There's something pleasurable and astute to be found on every page.' Literary Review















