Borne - Couverture souple

Vandermeer, Jeff

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8417036598 ISBN 13 : 9788417036591

Editeur : Colmena, 2017

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“VanderMeer’s deep talent for worldbuilding takes him into realms more reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road than of the Shire. Superb: a protagonist and a tale sure to please fans of smart, literate fantasy and science fiction.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

“Supremely literary, distinctly unusual . . . Superb.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

“Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy was an ever-creeping map of the apocalypse; with Borne he continues his investigation into the malevolent grace of the world, and it’s a thorough marvel.” (Colson Whitehead, bestselling author of The Underground Railroad)

“VanderMeer, author of the acclaimed Southern Reach trilogy, has made a career out of eluding genre classifications, and with Borne he essentially invents a new one. . . . More than just weird fiction: weird literature.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“A dizzying thrill-ride of a book, reader-friendly and immersive, by turns hilarious, harrowing and heartbreaking in perfect measure.” (National Post)

“This coming-of-age story signals that eco-fiction has come of age as well: wilder, more reckless and more breathtaking than previously thought.” (New York Times Book Review)

“The most necessary VanderMeer book yet.” (Wired)

“Borne, Jeff Vandermeer’s lyrical and harrowing new novel, may be the most beautifully written, and believable, post-apocalyptic tale in recent memory.” (Los Angeles Times)

“VanderMeer offers another conceptual cautionary tale of corporate greed, scientific hubris, and precarious survival. . . . [His] talent for immersive world-building and stunning imagery is on display in this weird, challenging, but always heartfelt novel.” (Booklist (starred review))

Quatrième de couverture :

 “Am I a person or a weapon?” Borne asks Rachel, in extremis. “You are a person,” Rachel tells him.

“But like a person, you can be a weapon, too.”

In Borne, the epic new novel from Jeff VanderMeer, author of the acclaimed bestselling Southern Reach trilogy, a young woman named Rachel survives as a scavenger in a ruined, dangerous city of the near future. The city is littered with discarded experiments from the Company—a biotech firm now seemingly derelict—and punished by the unpredictable attacks of a giant bear. From one of her scavenging missions, Rachel brings home Borne, who is little more than a green lump—plant or animal?—but who exudes a strange charisma. Rachel feels a growing attachment to Borne, a protectiveness that she can ill afford. It’s exactly the kind of vulnerability that will upend her precarious existence, unnerving her partner, Wick, and upsetting the delicate balance of their unforgiving city—possibly forever. And yet, little as she understands what or who Borne may be, she cannot give him up, even as Borne grows and changes . . . “He was born, but I had borne him.”

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Colmena
• Date d'édition: 2017
• ISBN 10: 8417036598
• ISBN 13: 9788417036591
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 432