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Hamnet

Hamnet

Our review

Maggie O'Farrell takes us to 1580s England not to tell us about the Bard of Avon (Shakespeare) as the genius we all know, but to introduce us to a man and a father, and above all, to an extraordinary woman: Agnes. It is a novel about grief, but also about the mystical connection with nature and the force that unites a family.

O'Farrell's prose is sensory: you can smell Agnes's medicinal herbs and feel the cold of Stratford's rooms. It is a reading that requires letting oneself be carried away by its slow and lyrical rhythm, where what is important is not what happens (which history already told us), but how it feels.

An exercise in literary empathy that culminates in an absolutely masterful ending.

🏆 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION (2020) and NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD (2020)

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Synopsis

In late 16th-century Stratford-upon-Avon, a young Agnes (a woman of wild sensibility and botanical knowledge suspicious to her neighbors) falls in love with a young Latin tutor of meager means. Their union produces three children, including twins Hamnet and Judith. However, while the father seeks his fortune in the theaters of London, the Black Death lurks in every corner of England. When little Hamnet falls ill, the family's fate changes forever, inspiring, years later, one of the most famous tragedies in universal literature.

About the Author

Maggie O'Farrell (Northern Ireland, 1972) is one of the most prestigious voices in contemporary British narrative. Author of successes such as Instructions for a Heatwave and her memoir I Am, I Am, I Am, she stands out for her ability to explore the complexities of family relationships and the fragility of existence with enviable technical elegance.

Technical Specifications

  • Pages: 352

  • Author: Maggie O'Farrell

  • Publisher: Libros del Asteroide

  • Binding: Paperback with flaps

  • Edition: 2026 (Reprint)

  • ISBN: 9788417977580

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