Of Beasts and Beings - Couverture souple

Holding, Ian

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Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847378234 ISBN 13 : 9781847378231

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2010

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Revue de presse :

'At once merciless, poetic, and beautiful, Ian Holding's OF BEASTS AND BEINGS is a postmodern elegy I won't soon forget'
Alice Sebold
'Extraordinary... as audacious as it is surprising'
Daily Mail
'Deftly unravels the effects of social and racial tension, history and memory... Beautifully written, Holding dazzles with every word... a shocking twist at the end... an author of promise'
Liverpool Daily Post

'A sense of urgency and tension is evoked by the menacing desolation that infuses... described in impressively exacting detail... As the novel draws to a close, [its] themes become expansive and definitive... [makes an] atmospheric impression... A thought-provoking study of the dehumanising effects of racial violence and oppression'
Diana Evans, Guardian
‘...it deftly unravels the effects of social and racial tension, history and memory on the two men, as they fight for survival. Beautifully written, Holding dazzles with every word’
Press Association 21/8
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'Memorable and original'
Independent

Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

Militia seize an innocent captive and subject him to a nightmarish overland journey that feels as though it will never end. Meanwhile, a lonely white schoolteacher wrestles personal demons whilst attempting to overcome the everyday difficulties of a life in which power cuts last for months at a time, homes are left without running water, brawls break out over even the most basic necessities and an atmosphere of fear and intimidation presides. Which of them is in the gravest danger, and does either have the power to escape their fate?
In this highly original, searing and timely new novel, we witness the devastating effects of a country's economic and moral collapse. In a world where greed, barbarism, anarchy and lawlessness are rife, how do the honest survive? Is it possible to keep a conscience when all those around you have lost theirs?

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