Reef - Couverture souple

Gunesekera, Romesh

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783780304 ISBN 13 : 9781783780303

Editeur : Granta Books, 2014

Synopsis

A single lighted match banishes Triton from his father's home to the employ of Mister Salgado, a marine biologist obsessed by swamps, sea movements and a Sri Lankan island's disappearing reef. Stranded in London years later, Triton plumbs the depths of his childhood memories - a period of brewing political, ethical and religious turmoil - and brings us to understand how he has navigated this brave new world, which once lost will haunt him forever.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'A big treat - and a resulting sadness - to discover Gunesekera's magical evocation of a Sri Lanka on the brink of destruction. The ending made me cry' --Retro Reads, Daily Mail

'Gunesekera's Booker-shortlisted first novel, now reissued in this 20th-anniversary edition, remains an astute evocation of Sri Lanka as it approached a time of upheaval' --Paperback of the Week, Irish Times

Biographie de l'auteur :

ROMESH GUNESEKERA grew up in Sri Lanka and now lives in London. His debut novel Reef was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Guardian Fiction Prize, and won the Yorkshire Post First Work Prize. In 1997 he was awarded the prestigious Premio Mondello award in Italy. He is the author of Monkfish Moon, The Sandglass and Noontide Toll, all published by Granta.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1783780304
• ISBN 13: 9781783780303
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192