Winter Animals: ‘Remarkable – think THE SECRET HISTORY written by Raven Leilani’ Jenny Mustard - Couverture souple

Lewis, Ashani

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349703302 ISBN 13 : 9780349703305

Editeur : Dialogue Books, 2024

Synopsis

A seductive, sapphic debut about the power of youthful idealism from an exciting young award-winning writer

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ashani Lewis is a novelist and short story writer. She was a winner of the London Writers Awards 2021 in their literary fiction category. She was a recipient of the 2025 Somerset Maugham Award for her debut novel, Winter Animals, which was also the winner of the 2025 Betty Trask Prize. Her short story collection, Everest, was shortlisted for the 2025 Jhalak Prize. Both books were listed in Marie Claire's 'Best Books Of 2024'.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'A remarkable novel: atmospheric, beautiful, and delightfully intelligent . . . Think The Secret History written by Raven Leilani. I devoured it.' Jenny Mustard, author of Okay Days

In one of America's Happiest Cities, thirty-eight-year-old Elen is trapped under the shadow of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains. Her husband has left her. Her belongings are in the boot of her car. Her days are filled mostly with silence and drinking. When she meets four English teenagers in an empty bar, she is enamoured.

The teenagers are wealthy squatters, drifting between ski resorts and breaking into empty AirBnBs. When they bring Elen into their fold, she senses a violent secret that fuels the four's never-ending disappearing act.

Dazzling and cultish, they force Elen to ruminate on the irresistible pull of bright young things.

She cannot understand what they want from her, but how can she leave when she has nowhere else to go?

A dark meditation on the dangers and seductive power of youthful idealism, and the slippages between friendship and love, Winter Animals is an extraordinary debut examining freedom, friendship, desire and excess.


'A glittering, dark-edged tale . . . Exhilarating and fabulous, I raced through it.'
Priscilla Morris, author of Black Butterflies

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dialogue Books
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349703302
• ISBN 13: 9780349703305
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Walk; n.pederzini@terminaldistribuzione.com; ; Via Bruno Buozzi, 24/26,; Granarolo dell'Emilia BO,; 40057; Italie