Hamnet

Listen to the bestselling novel before you see the award winning film

**LISTEN TO HAMNET STAR JESSIE BUCKLEY'S UNFORGETTABLE NEW RECORDING BEFORE YOU SEE THE FILM**

'Richly sensuous... something special' The Sunday Times
'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell

TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.

On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home?

Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London.

Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week.

Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright: a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written.

WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION - THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER 2021
WINNER: WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER: FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS
WINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER'S CHOICE AWARD
AS FEATURED ON BBC2'S BETWEEN THE COVERS
SHORTLISTED: AN POST IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR, WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION©2020 Maggie O'Farrell

Reseñas de la Crítica

Stunning. The writing is exquisite, immersive and compelling... deserves to win prizes

The story of Hamnet Shakespeare has been waiting in the shadows for over four hundred years. Maggie O'Farrell brings it dazzlingly, devastatingly, into the light

Grief and loss so finely written I could hardly bear to read it

Heartstopping. Hamnet does for the Shakespeare story what Jean Rhys did for Jane Eyre, inhabiting, enlarging and enriching it in ways that will alter the reader's view for ever

Blisteringly brilliant... You'll lap up this intricately told story of grief, love and the bond between twins

[A] rich imagining of the lives of Shakespeare's family enchants... O'Farrell's remarkable novel bursts with life

A beautiful read. A devastating one. Intricate, and breathtakingly imaginative

A bold undertaking. Beautifully imagined and written

Richly sensuous...something special

The novel of her career... everyone I know who has managed to get hold of a copy is absolutely in love with it

A staggeringly beautiful and unbearably poignant novel. O'Farrell is one of the most surprisingly quiet radicals in fiction

Beautiful book, and absolutely incredible performance

Undoubtedly the best audiobook I have ever heard - Jessie Buckley should really do more - and a heartbreakingly beautiful story to match. The depth of feeling, of the world, and of the intricate storytelling was all phenomenal. I will be reading/listening again and again

Such emotional sway

I loved being swept away whilst listening. Masterfully crafted and beautifully narrated. The images and characters were alive!

Bad reader

This is an excellent book, deserving of all the praise it has received. But the reading by Jessie Buckley spoiled it. Her articulation is sloppy, slovenly; words not finished, glottal stops replacing ts; I stopped listening early on when "What is it?" became "Wha' is i'". The tone of her voice is lovely, but the lazy, slovenly articulation ruins it.

This took my breath away….

I loved every moment of this book the writing is sublime…Jessie Buckley is a beautiful narrator she captures the emotion of characters like no other.

It’s a touching and well performed story.

I loved it. The story is a touching piece on how to go through grief, written in a beautiful style. The performance maintains you inside the characters feelings and emotions in a marvelous way. Congratulations!