The Gustav Sonata
British novelist, born 1943. Won the Costa Novel Award in 1999 and the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2008.
The Gustav Sonata is a 2016 novel by Rose Tremain. It was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in 2016.
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Rose Tremain
- First published
- 2016
- Length
- 320 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Costa Novel Award shortlist, 2016
- Walter Scott Prize shortlist, 2017
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict, LGBTQ+
Is The Gustav Sonata worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Costa Novel Award and the Walter Scott Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 2016) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Walter Scott Prize (winners and shortlists) (Abbotsford Trust, 2017) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Gustav Sonata
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (2017), 320 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 2017)
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9781784700201
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Gustav Sonata
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 27% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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