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Sharon English

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Sharon English is the author of the short story collections Uncomfortably Numb and Zero Gravity, and the newly released novel Night in the World.

Zero Gravity was long-listed for the Giller Prize, short-listed for the ReLit Award, and a Globe and Mail Best 100 title. It was recently translated into Serbian.

Night in the World (May 2022) has been described as "a splendid and searing novel, pressed up against the tremours of our times."




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Average rating: 4.1 · 40 ratings · 9 reviews · 3 distinct worksSimilar authors
Night in the World

3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions
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Zero Gravity

4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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Uncomfortably Numb

4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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Night in the World by Sharon  English
"A gorgeous treasure of a book. The plot was compelling, and each of the three characters held their own in terms of my interest in them and my curiosity about their predicaments and how they would handle them. The writing was transcendent. Sharon Eng" Read more of this review »
Night in the World by Sharon  English
"A luminous novel, beautifully written, that gently probes layers of our created and natural worlds and asks some important questions. I learned about a Toronto I didn’t know existed, too! I’m going to read this author’s short fiction collections and " Read more of this review »
Night in the World by Sharon  English
"As one earlier reviewer asks: Why aren't more people reading this book? Night in the World is a beautifully written novel, with evocative settings, compelling characters and thought-provoking ideas. Themes of disintegration and breakdown are counter-" Read more of this review »
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