Portada

ASYLUM IBD

LEGEND PRESS LTD
04 / 2019
9781789550344
Inglés

Sinopsis

Barry James is detained in a quarantine facility in the blistering heat of the Great Karoo. Here he exists in two worlds: the unforgiving reality of his incarceration and the lyrical landscapes of his dreams.He has cut all ties with his previous life, his health is failing, and he has given up all hope. All he has to cling to are the meanderings of his restless mind, the daily round of pills and the journals he reluctantly keeps as testimony to a life once lived.And then thereâÇÖs an opportunity to escape.LONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIANâÇÖS NOT THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019âÇÖThe most credible dystopian novel I have ever readâÇÖ Sunday TimesâÇÖA searing vision of an all-too-possible world... a profound and wholly original voiceâÇÖ Henrietta Rose-InnesâÇÖA forceful and engaging tale that brilliantly blends the real and imagined world and is full of sparkling inventions. This page-turner is bound to be the talk of book circlesâÇÖ Niq MhlongoâÇÖThought-provoking, alluring and sensitively written... a new thrilling talentâÇÖ Cape TimesBarry James is detained in a quarantine facility in the blistering heat of the Great Karoo. Here he exists in two worlds: the unforgiving reality of his incarceration and the lyrical landscapes of his dreams.He has cut all ties with his previous life, his health is failing, and he has given up all hope. All he has to cling to are the meanderings of his restless mind, the daily round of pills and the journals he reluctantly keeps as testimony to a life once lived.And then thereâÇÖs an opportunity to escape.LONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIANâÇÖS NOT THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019âÇÖThe most credible dystopian novel I have ever readâÇÖáSunday TimesâÇÖA searing vision of an all-too-possible world... a profound and wholly original voiceâÇÖáHenrietta Rose-InnesâÇÖA forceful and engaging tale that brilliantly blends the real and imagined world and is full of sparkling inventions. This page-turner is bound to be the talk of book circlesâÇÖáNiq MhlongoâÇÖThought-provoking, alluring and sensitively written... a new thrilling talentâÇÖáCape TimesShortlisted for the 9Mobile Prize for Literature

PVP
13,95