The Last Tiger - Couverture souple

Black, Tony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908885556 ISBN 13 : 9781908885555

Editeur : Cargo Publishing, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

'Tasmania,'; I said, testing the new word. White smile lines cut into the corners of his eyes. 'These are still wild lands, Tasmania has its tigers.' 1909. Twelve year-old Myko and his family have fled the Czarist occupation of their native Lithuania for the freedom of America only to discover their ship has arrived in Tasmania. Myko wonders what will become of them as he watches his father and mother become anxious about how they will survive in this new land, settled by the wild sons of convicts and, where tigers roam. Myko has never seen a tiger before except in his picture books and is filled with fear as stories of the tigers vicious attacks upon the island s settlers are retold to him. He wishes his brother, Jurgis was with him but knows his sibling s disappearance is something he should force out of his mind. But when his father takes work as a tiger trapper and Myko discovers the den of the last tigers, the family are thrust into a fight over the last of these beautiful, wild beasts that will force dark secrets to the surface - and pit son against father. A mesmerising tale of loss and the bonds of family, set in a stark, sweeping landscape, The Last Tiger is a bold and heartbreaking novel from bestselling author Tony Black. PRAISE FOR TONY BLACK A beautiful, powerful tale to move the hardest heart. THE SUN A compelling and convincing portrayer of raw emotions in a vicious milieu. THE TIMES

Revue de presse

Unexpected, moving and magical. A new direction for Tony Black, and a bold one too. --Emlyn Rees

A rare and heartfelt fable of an immigrant boy torn between his fears for an endangered species and the father who's employed to kill off what remains of that breed. --Paul Sayer

It's great, a real departure from the dark arts of crime fiction but a successful one as it creates a genuinely engaging picture of strangers in a strange land, as well as carving a haunting space between historical reality and timeless fable --Nick Barlay

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cargo Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908885556
• ISBN 13: 9781908885555
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible