 Keith Oatley (1993). The Case of Emily V. London: Secker & Warburg Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, 1994, for Best First Novel. Shortlisted for the UK "Mind" Prize, 1994. Translated into German, published by Ammann, Zurich (1996), reissued as a paperback by Knaur, München (1998). Translated into Japanese, published by Kobun-Sha, Tokyo, (2006). Republished November 2006 in USA, New York: Pleasure Boat Studio, A Literary Press. “Ingenious and fascinating” London Daily Mail "Oatley’s ability to keep all these voices in order ... and still carry off a plot is stunning” Globe & Mail; “devilishly clever tour de force” Toronto Star ”invites comparison to A.S. Byatt’s Booker-Prize winning novel Possession ... accomplished, entertaining, enjoyable fiction” Quill & Quire “Structurally fascinating ... this novel is delicious” Edmonton Journal “Deserves the cult status enjoyed by the novels of Umberto Eco" The Psychologist  Toronto: Penguin Canada Translated into French under the title Les Tumultes du Siécle. Paris: Presses de la Cité, Spring 2000. “A highly readable novel . . . A tautly constructed, acutely observed book. A Natural History opens up a world of wonders within the familiar novelistic terrain of ambition and adversity” Financial Post “as intellectually expansive and chatty as a George Eliot novel” Globe and Mail “a gripping medical thriller and a compelling romance . . . an immensely enjoyable read” Toronto Star “an unusually sophisticated love story . . . Oatley makes recapturing history seem like the most natural thing in the world” Edmonton Journal |