Mother London
 Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author | Michael Moorcock |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Peter Dyer |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 496 pp |
| ISBN | 0-436-28461-8 |
| OCLC | 17917718 |
| Followed by | King of the City |
Mother London (1988) is a novel by Michael Moorcock. It was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. Although the city of London itself is perhaps the central character, it follows three outpatients from a mental hospital – a music hall artist (Josef Kiss), a reclusive writer (David Mummery) and a woman just awoken from a long coma (Mary Gasalee) – who experience the history of the city from the Blitz to the late eighties through chaotic experience and sensory delusions.[1] The novel is a non-chronological compilation of episodes, snippets and sidelines, rather than a single cohesive narrative. A piece in The Guardian called it 'a great, humane document'.[2]
Michael Moorcock is the editor of New Worlds and gained numerous critical acclaim and media attention.[3]
References
- "Internet Speculative Fiction Database". Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- "Moorcock's Miscellany". Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984–1998)". Retrieved 2007-12-16.
Footnotes
- ↑ Phillips, Lawrence. London Narratives: Post-War Fiction and the City, London: Continuum, 2006, p 154.
- ↑ "Crowning glory: Michael Moorcock's London". The Guardian. London.
- ↑ Winter, Jerome. "Radiant Time: An Interview with Michael Moorcock". LA Review of Books.