Before This Is Over
Autor Amanda Hickieen Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 iun 2020
Remarcăm în „Before This Is Over” o abordare profund umană și domestică a colapsului social, o perspectivă pe care Amanda Hickie a rafinat-o pornind de la propria experiență în timpul epidemiei de SARS din Toronto. Departe de a fi un simplu scenariu apocaliptic, romanul se concentrează pe micro-universul unei familii obișnuite care încearcă să navigheze prin incertitudinea unei boli letale. Credem că forța narativă rezidă în personajul Hannah, o mamă a cărei intuiție o împinge să facă provizii într-un moment în care societatea încă afișa o normalitate fragilă, fiind ulterior privită cu suspiciune de cei din jur.
Pe măsură ce orașul intră în carantină, spațiul protejat al casei devine o închisoare psihologică. Apreciem modul în care autoarea transformă banalul în teroare: o pană de curent sau o bătaie în ușă capătă proporții catastrofale. Ritmul narativ amintește de Carla Buckley în The Things That Keep Us Here, ambele explorând modul în care izolarea forțată scoate la iveală fisurile din structura familială și comunitară. Totuși, structura cărții lui Hickie este mult mai ancorată în realismul psihologic al deciziilor etice imposibile — până unde poți merge pentru a-ți proteja copiii fără a-ți pierde umanitatea?
Stilul este unul evocativ, punând accent pe senzația de claustrofobie și pe degradarea treptată a normelor sociale. Nu este doar o poveste despre supraviețuire, ci o analiză despre vulnerabilitate și despre cât de repede vecinii pot deveni amenințări. Before This Is Over reușește să transforme o premisă de sănătate publică într-o dramă personală intensă, care forțează cititorul să se întrebe ce ar face în locul protagonistei.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0316355445
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 137 x 203 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
De ce să citești această carte
Această carte este esențială pentru cititorii care preferă beletristica psihologică în locul thrillerelor de acțiune pură. Amanda Hickie oferă o perspectivă tulburător de realistă asupra modului în care o criză globală se simte la nivelul unei sufragerii. Veți câștiga o reflecție profundă asupra instinctului matern și a limitelor etice, totul într-un format de buzunar (paperback) ușor de parcurs, dar greu de uitat.
Descriere scurtă
In the midst of a devastating epidemic, how far will a desperate mother go to keep her loved ones safe? There is a deadly virus spreading around the world. At first it is a distant alarm bell in the background of Hannah's comfortable suburban life. Then suddenly, it has arrived on the doorstep. The quarantine traps Hannah, her husband, and their young sons in their home and forces them to rely on their own resourcefulness as water and power supplies are cut, food reserves dwindle, and their formerly idyllic backyard and quiet street become battlefields. Hannah is convinced that if she keeps her wits about her, she can protect her family, even as one threat after another looms just on the other side of the door.
Compulsively readable and deeply personal, Before This Is Over forces us to grapple with disas-ter through the eyes of an ordinary woman. How far will she go to keep her loved ones safe?
Descriere
A TERRIFYING EPIDEMIC. A MOTHER DETERMINED TO KEEP HER FAMILY SAFE. HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO?
'Gripping and terrifyingly realistic, Before This Is Over is the story of a mother trapped in the epicenter of a deadly global virus - and the agonizing choices she must make to keep her family alive' Sarah Pekkanen
How far will a mother go to save her children? A twisting, edge-of-your seat drama that you'll never forget. 'We couldn't put this down' Take a Break
BEFORE THIS IS OVER by Amanda Hickie is a powerful, thought-provoking drama that looks at one family in the heart of a devastated community and compels us to ask: how far would I go to save my children? 'Shatteringly suspenseful...it's impossible not to be super-glued to the page' Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of PICTURES OF YOU
A normal family. A quiet, leafy street. A terrifying epidemic.
It's been coming for a while: a lethal illness. With sons of five and fourteen to look out for, Hannah has been stockpiling supplies, despite everyone telling her that it's unnecessary.
Then it arrives.
At first there are a few unconfirmed cases. Then a death. Now the whole city is quarantined. But Hannah's family is not yet safe behind their locked front door...
Basics soon become luxuries, and neighbours become hazards. There are power cuts, food shortages and an ever-growing sense of claustrophobia. How will the family cope?
How would you cope?
How far would you go to protect your children?
Originally published under the title AN ORDINARY EPIDEMIC.
What readers are saying about Before This Is Over:
'I could not put this book down...A fabulous read' 5 stars, Goodreads reviewer
'A tense, gripping, claustrophobic story' 4 stars, Goodreads reviewer
'One of the most realistic stories about a viral epidemic that I've read...I was captivated...An excellent, thought-provoking read' www.josbookblog.co.uk
'I was utterly absorbed...will leave you thinking and anxiously awaiting a resolution...I loved it' 5 stars, Goodreads reviewer
'I couldn't stop reading this book...A fast-paced thriller that will make you think about vulnerabilities and about your family' 5 stars, Goodreads reviewer
'Amanda Hickie is a phenomenal writer... Simply brilliant, I do not think I'll be able to get this story out of my head for a long time' 4 stars, Goodreads reviewer
Recenzii
When a global epidemic spreads to Sydney, Australia, one mother fights to keep her family alive and together in Hickie's debut thriller.... Quarantined together, Hannah's family faces challenges to their safety and questions about the limits of human empathy as they fight not only to survive, but to keep their own relationships intact. There is no shortage of suspense in Hickie's novel.... There's an effective sense of claustrophobia; once the family goes into quarantine, they have little contact with any other people or any other places, so the reader is trapped with them in their house-and in their roiling emotions. Poses challenges to our safe, complacent lives, forcing readers to ask, "What would I do if...."
A tense debut.... Under these circumstances, how does one cope with entertaining an active child or feeding a growing, whiny teenager, who eats as if supermarkets are still open and refuses to understand why he can't realistically depicts how isolation and the threat of disease affect one family
What would you do in an epidemic?... Utterly fascinating, a little gruesome and impossible to put down.... This is a slow-burn thriller that would make an excellent choice for a book club
Don't think you'll be able to grab a snack once you start Before This Is Over, Amanda Hickie's shatteringly suspenseful debut, because it's impossible not to be super-glued to the page... This is a novel that slowly, expertly nudges under your skin, and stays there, even as it raises provocative questions about what price you might pay to keep the ones you love safe. Gorgeously written and so chillingly alive that I was still unnerved hours after finishing the book - and how great is that?
Gripping and terrifyingly realistic, Before This Is Over is the story of a mother trapped in the epicenter of a deadly global virus - and the agonizing choices she must make to keep her family alive
This tale's tight lines of logic and sharp interrogation of the limits of compassion...make for a fascinating read
A bravely told story of one woman's courage despite terrible odds