Ffordes first novel, the eyre affair, was published in 2001. Does jasper fforde intend a sequel to shades of grey. The road to high saffron is a dystopian novel, the first in the shades of grey series by novelist jasper fforde. Commencing the beginning of his chronicles of kazam series on the 1st of january, 2010, this novel saw the introduction of a new fantastical world with both humor and fun. Shades of grey ii either a prequel that takes place before the.
Thursday next if you live in the uk, ffordes standalone novel, early riser, is available now. If you click on the welcome and this is my website banners above, youll see. Then in may 2016, fforde replied to a comment on the guardian saying. Fforde s first novel, the eyre affair, was published in 2001. Its well written and very readable as usual for fforde, and like most of his books its based around writing about fantasy dressed up as reallife.
The fforde grand central page is probably the best place to start to explore, but the index also covers most things. Welcome to the website this is the overview of my books so far. The road to high saffron 9780670019632 by fforde, jasper and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. From jasper ffordes twitter, 11092018 the next book will not be a next book. Jasper fforde s new novel has one of the highest, or narrowest, of concepts ive come across in a long time, and. Rather than give dates, perhaps well go with the order in which they will be. When i met jasper fforde, he was promoting his shades of grey novel. The one after the next book is ds4, and the next after that will be sog2. Welcome to the jasper fforde website overview page.
This story is emotional and wonderful at the same time with great plot twists and great story overall. Jasper fforde, best known for the adventures of literary detective thursday next in the surreal book world, talks to sarah crown about his new novel shades of grey. With his now wellregarded wit and intelligence, jasper fforde tackles a new set of books and a new set of themes, with its own characters and protagonists. Yes, more books are planned, but whether any and if so how many will actually be written seems to be unclear at this point.
A prequel to shades of grey that is essentially a standalone set in the shades of grey world, two weeks before the something that happened, referred to in shades of grey. I love jasper fforde and have read all his books apart from the last two, first. Jane and eddie wont be born for another seven hundred years, but theres still a lot of fun to be had. Having read all the thursday next and nursery crime books by jasper fforde, and early riser, i thought id have a go at shades of grey too. Fforde is known mainly for his thursday next novels. Clearly influenced by 1984 and brave new world but unlike anything else. Here at fforde towers we have tried to put together a few ideas and images in order to give you an idea of how i came to write a book like this, what it means to me, and further discussions points plus images, a movie or two and a bestiary. Although not connected to the thursday next series. The road to high saffron by jasper fforde and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This book is an amazing story about how a boy is getting used to a new life outside of winchester, va after the civil war, when most of his family was killed off or dead from sickness. A brilliantly funny and slightly bonkers new novel from jasper.
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