NOD - Couverture souple

Barnes, Adrian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0956687695 ISBN 13 : 9780956687692

Editeur : Bluemoose Books Ltd, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

SHORT LISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD Dawn breaks over Vancouver and no-one has slept the night before, or almost no one. A few people, perhaps one in ten thousand can still sleep, and they've all shared the same strange, golden dream. A handful of children still sleep as well, but what they're dreaming remains a mystery. After six days of absolute sleep deprivation, psychosis will set in. After four weeks the , the body will die. In the interim, panic ensues and a bizarre new world arises in which those previously on the fringes of society take the lead. One couple experience a lifetime in a week as he continues to sleep, she begins to disintegrate before him, and the new world swallows the old one whole...NOD

Revue de presse

The apocalypse comes in many forms, but none stranger than that of the chronic sleep deprivation that leads to mass psychosis in Adrian Barnes's audacious novel Nod (Bluemoose, £7.99). Paul is a misanthropic hack writing a non-fiction book about obscure words when the world is afflicted and the majority of citizens begin to hallucinate solipsistic realities that Paul, as a Sleeper and a wordsmith, can influence. Barnes employs this brilliant idea to explore the nature of perception, redemption, and personal and social catastrophe. Outstanding. --The Guardian

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bluemoose Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0956687695
• ISBN 13: 9780956687692
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible