''Free: Coming of Age at the End of History'' is a book by

Lea Ypi Lea Ypi (born 8 September 1979) is an Albanian author and academic. She is a professor of political theory at the London School of Economics. She is a member of the jury of the Deutscher Memorial Prize. Personal life Ypi was born in Tirana, the ...

. ''Free'' was published on 28 October 2021 by

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. In January 2022,

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serialised the book in their ''

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'' series.

Reception

''Free'' was shortlisted for the 2021

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and the 2021 Costa Book Award for

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. 10,000 copies were sold in the November 2021.

Ed O'Loughlin Ed O'Loughlin is an Irish-Canadian author and journalist. His first novel, ''Not Untrue and Not Unkind'', dealt with foreign journalists reporting on African conflicts. It was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2009 and shortlisted for the ...

praised Ypi's use of

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in the work.

References

External links

* 2021 non-fiction books Allen Lane (imprint) books {{Memoir-stub