The Möbius Book
by Catherine Lacey
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Pub Date 19 Jun 2025 | Archive Date Not set
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Description
Disclaimer: This book was written in two parts, either of which could be read first, neither of which is the true start of the story. The limitations of digital publishing have removed some of the paper edition’s complexity.
A genre-bending story about breaking - both of the heart and literary form itself - from the critically-acclaimed author of Biography of X.
The sudden, devastating breakup of a relationship in the winter of 2021 left Catherine Lacey depressed and adrift. She began cataloguing the wreckage of her life and the beauty of her friendships, a process that led to the writing of fiction that was both entirely imagined and strangely, utterly true. She soon realised that she was writing about her relationship with faith. Betrayed by the mercurial partner she had trusted and suddenly catapulted into the unknown, Lacey's appetite vanished completely, a visceral reminder of the teenage emaciation that followed the ending of her belief in God. Bending form, both she and her fictional characters recall gnostic experiences with animals, close encounters with male anger, grief-driven lust and the redemptive power of platonic love and narrative itself.
A hybrid work that is both non-fiction and fiction with no beginning and no ending, The Möbius Book troubles the line between memory and imagination with an open-hearted defence of faith's inherent danger.
Advance Praise
‘A deliciously weird mix of theology, allegory and dark humour; The Möbius Book is every bit as brilliant and electrifying as everything Lacey has ever written’ Sara Baume
‘A deliciously weird mix of theology, allegory and dark humour; The Möbius Book is every bit as brilliant and electrifying as everything Lacey has ever written’ Sara Baume
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9781803511474 |
PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 240 |