The Cage - Couverture souple

Jones, Lloyd

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1911231200 ISBN 13 : 9781911231202

Editeur : Text Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

A strange and confronting story about the treatment of two homeless and stateless men living in a cage in the grounds of a hotel.

' Vivid and meticulous… Jones has forged a piece of poetry of the most uncanny and macabre kind - a timely reminder to us all that humanity cannot ever be taken for granted, that it hangs, always, and all too terrifyingly, by the very skin of its teeth.' Guardian

What does it mean to bear witness? In this fable-like novel, master storyteller and Booker Prize shortlisted author, Lloyd Jones tells a simple but profoundly unsettling tale about two men, fleeing for their lives, who arrive in a small country town.

The townspeople want to know where the men have come from, what catastrophe they are fleeing and who they are, but the strangers are unable to speak of their trauma. Before long, the uncertain and wary hospitality shifts to suspicion and fear, and the care of the men slides into appalling cruelty.

The Cage is about what it means to have nothing. It shows us, to devastating effect, what trust and fear mean, how compassion can turn to cruelty and why dignity and hope are essential to human survival.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lloyd Jones has written novels, short stories and a memoir. He won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his novel Mister Pip (John Murray, 2008). His other books include Hand Me Down World (2011) and A History of Silence (2014; both John Murray). Lloyd lives in Wellington.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Text Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1911231200
• ISBN 13: 9781911231202
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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