The Breaking of Eggs
By Jim Powell
Published by
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Fiction
ISBN 978 0 297 85969 7
Category Literary
Winter 2010
Synopsis
The Breaking of Eggs follows the extraordinary journey of Feliks Zhukovski, a man who once chose politics over people and ideas over love. Taking him from the boulevards of Paris to the ghettos of wartime Poland, it is the story of a lonely man who discovers it needn’t have been so, and a continent crippled by a century of war.
Author's Biography
Jim Powell was born in London in 1949. His first career was in advertising, becoming Managing Director of a major London agency. He then started a pottery, producing hand-painted tableware for leading stores. He was previously active in politics, contesting the 1987 Election. He lives in Northamptonshire.
Reviews
‘A fresh, moving, remarkable story. Unforgettable’ Publisher’s Weekly
‘An ambitious, powerful and funny work, taking the reader through 20th-century history and the human psyche’ The Good Book Guide
‘A fluent, unusual novel’ TLS
‘Surprisingly warm and very witty’ Stylist
£12.99 Binding: Hardcover
Size in mm: Height of book 216 Width of book 135 Pages: 352pp
Publication date 11/03/2010