Umbrella (2013) (edit title/settings)

Casey edited the first edition of Umbrella Thursday, December 20, 2012.

• changed the language: English
• changed the publisher: Grove Press
• changed the publication date: January 8, 2013
• changed the ISBN: 0802120725
• changed the page count: 397448

Ben D edited the first edition of Umbrella Thursday, November 8, 2012.

• changed the page count: 397

Tonymess edited the characters of Umbrella Monday, October 1, 2012.

• Added a character: Docter Zack Busner: Doctor at mental hospital and main character
• marked the description of Docter Zack Busner as not a spoiler

Tonymess edited the characters of Umbrella Monday, October 1, 2012.

• Added a character: Audrey Death: Mental patient and one of the main characters
• marked the description of Audrey Death as not a spoiler

maven edited the awards of Umbrella Wednesday, September 12, 2012.

• Edited ranking of an award: Man Booker Prize LonglistShortlist

Cora R approved maven’s request to change the contributors of Umbrella Saturday, August 4, 2012.

• Added a contributor: Will Self: (Primary Author)

maven edited the awards of Umbrella Wednesday, July 25, 2012.

• Added an award: Man Booker Prize
• Added year of an award: Man Booker Prize 2012
• Added ranking of an award: Man Booker Prize Longlist
• Checked finalist field of an award: Man Booker Prize

maven edited the contributors of Umbrella Wednesday, July 25, 2012.

• Added a contributor: Will Self: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the subjects of Umbrella Wednesday, July 25, 2012.

• Added the subject: Subjects > Literature & Fiction > Literary

Shelfari edited the description of Umbrella Wednesday, July 25, 2012.

• " A brother is as easily forgotten as an umbrella."—James Joyce, Ulysses Radical and uncompromising, Umbrella is a tour de force from one of England’s most acclaimed contemporary writers, and Self’s most ambitious novel to date. Moving between Edwardian London and a suburban mental hospital in 1971, Umbrella exposes the twentieth century’s technological searchlight as refracted through the dark glass of a long term mental institution. While making his first tours of the hospital at which he has just begun working, maverick psychiatrist Zachary Busner notices that many of the patients exhibit a strange physical tic: rapid, precise movements that they repeat over and over. One of these patients is Audrey Dearth, an elderly woman born in the slums of West London in 1890. Audrey’s memories of a bygone Edwardian London, her lovers, involvement with early feminist and socialist movements, and, in particular, her time working in an umbrella shop, alternate with Busner’s attempts to treat her condition and bring light to her clouded world. Busner’s investigations into Audrey’s illness lead to discoveries about her family that are shocking and tragic.