Notes on Surviving the Fire: A razor-sharp, darkly funny literary novel about male violence, a woman's vengeance, and whether killing can ever be justified - Couverture rigide

Murphy, Christine

 
9781035411399: Notes on Surviving the Fire: A razor-sharp, darkly funny literary novel about male violence, a woman's vengeance, and whether killing can ever be justified
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ISBN 10 : 1035411393 ISBN 13 : 9781035411399
Editeur : Wildfire, 2025

Synopsis

A confronting, blackly funny debut novel about male violence, a woman's vengeance, and the question of whether killing can ever be justified

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À propos de l?auteur

Christine Murphy has lived, worked, and travelled in over 100 countries, including eleven months in a tent across the African continent and a year as a resident in a Buddhist nunnery in the Himalayas. She completed the world's longest for-charity horse ride across Northern Mongolia, during which she broke her back (for the second time). A trained Buddhaologist, Christine has a PhD in Religious Studies.

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A confronting, blackly funny debut novel about male violence, a woman's vengeance, and the question of whether killing can ever be justified

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The ash follows me. The smoke follows me. Everything is cold.

Sarah is a final year PhD student in southern California, caught in a landscape of extreme wealth and raging wildfires. She spends her time worrying about how she will be able to get a permanent academic position, and also doing ketamine and watching 80s movies with her best friend, Nathan.

Nathan was the only person to believe Sarah when she was assaulted by a fellow student during her first year. Sarah reported it to the university and to the police, but nothing happened. 'He's such a good guy.' 'He wouldn't do that.' 'Were you drinking?'

When Nathan is found dead of an alleged heroin overdose, Sarah is convinced it is a murder but, once again, the police don't believe her. As she digs into the case, she stumbles upon a disturbing pattern in the deaths of other young men on campus and begins to piece together a possible link between the victims.

As a girl, Sarah grew up in the forests of Maine, following her father on hunts that he would organize for tourists. While these visitors were eager to shoot a buck for a souvenir, Sarah and her father approached each kill with something close to reverence, honouring the sacrifice the animal made and the sustenance it provided through winter. Now, Sarah must confront a different type of killing - and decide if it can be justified.

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Éditeur
Wildfire
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1035411393
ISBN 13 
9781035411399
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
Wildfire
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ISBN 10 :  0593801490 ISBN 13 :  9780593801499
Editeur : Knopf, 2025
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