![]() ![]() But then what constituted real? Wasn’t everything, even this life itself, just a game of deception?” Atkinson’s great gift is for presenting the mundanity of ordinary life with wry detachment “And then there was Juliet Armstrong, of course, who some days seemed like the most fictitious of them all, despite being the ‘real’ Juliet. Recruited to the Secret Service at the beginning of the war, she has learned to shift between various names and personae. Juliet Armstrong has more than her share of such lies. Transcription continues this exploration of the lies and inventions that make up a life, particularly during a time when all prior certainties – including identity – have been upended. The second world war and the self-conscious tricks of fiction these are the twin themes that shaped her two most recent, award-winning books, Life After Life and A God in Ruins. We’re not approaching the end of a novel, Miss Armstrong,” says a minor character, as we approach the end of Kate Atkinson’s new novel. “Come now, quite enough of exposition and explanation. ![]()
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