Ian Holding





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Ian Holding

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born
March 29, 1978 in Harare, Zimbabwe

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Faulkner, Camus, Satre, Kafka, Coetzee, Beckett

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May 2010


About this author

Ian Holding was born in 1978 in Harare, Zimbabwe and has lived there all his life. His critically acclaimed first novel, "Unfeeling" was published in 2005, and was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. In 2009 he was a Hawthornden Fellow. His new book, "Of Beasts & Beings" will be published in August 2010. His passions include classical music and sport.


Average rating: 3.01 · 92 ratings · 28 reviews · 2 distinct works
Unfeeling: A Novel
3.04 of 5 stars 3.04 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions
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Of Beasts & Beings
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 18 ratings5 editions
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Nel Mondo Insensibile
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
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