Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2016 |
Seiten | 320 |
Format | 12,9 x 19,7 x 1,7 cm |
B-format paperback | |
Gewicht | 228 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0099592185 |
EAN | 9780099592181 |
Bestell-Nr | 09959218EA |
From the highly acclaimed author of The Panopticon and one of Granta's Best Young British Writers comes the new novel THE SUNLIGHT PILGRIMS.
Klappentext:
It's November 2020 and the world is freezing over. As ice water melts into the Atlantic, and vast swathes of people make for the warmer south, Dylan is heading to Scotland, once the home of his late mother and grandmother.
Twelve-year-old Stella and her survivalist mother, Constance, scrape by in the snowy Highlands, preparing for a record-breaking winter. Living out of a caravan, they spend their days digging through landfills, searching for anything of value. When Dylan arrives in the middle of the night, their lives change course. Though the weather worsens, his presence brings a new light to daily life, and when the ultimate disaster finally strikes, they'll all be ready.
Rezension:
[A] vivid and tender coming-of-age story set at the end of the world . . . For all its coldness and darkness, The Sunlight Pilgrims is ultimately a hopeful book - and for a novel that describes the end of the world, that is quite a feat. Kirsty Logan Guardian