Things Bright and Beautiful
Autor Anbara Salamen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 feb 2019
Advent Island in the South Pacific, with its coconut palms and thick green jungle, should be Eden for missionary Max and his young wife Bea. But plagues of insects and rats, sweltering heat and local 'devil chasers' soon turn paradise into hell on earth. Just as Bea begins to adapt to island life, an unexpected guest arrives and Advent Island turns against its would-be saviors. Trapped in the jungle with her increasingly unhinged husband, Bea must fight tooth-and-nail for her freedom, and for her life.
'Lyrical, suspenseful, darkly comic'Observer
'Excellent, blackly funny. A novel whose growing environmental and psychological horrors you can feel crawling across your skin'Daily Mail
'Phenomenally disturbing'Spectator
'Oozing with vivid descriptions and a deeply claustrophobic atmosphere . . . quite unlike anything else you'll read this year'Heat
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241982259
ISBN-10: 0241982251
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241982251
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Anbara
Salamis
half-Palestinian
and
half-Scottish,
and
grew
up
in
London.
She
has
a
PhD
in
Theology
and
is
now
living
and
working
in
Oxford.
She
spent
six
months
living
on
a
small
South
Pacific
island,
and
her
experiences
there
served
as
the
inspiration
for
her
first
novel,Things
Bright
and
Beautiful.
Recenzii
Dark,mysterious,beguiling,
andbeautifully
written.
Ittransported
me
to
a
different
world
This book is sorich in detail, the rainforest soimmersive, and the characters so wonderfully odd, thatI was sucked into its dark beating heartandwasn't spat out until I'd turned the final page
Darkly comicandthrilling
What ahot and sticky, feverishlyLord Of The Flies-style debut! The whole novelexcels in rich detail- I wouldn't be surprised if English teachers use it as amasterclass in descriptive prose
Aclaustrophobiccompellingread that'llsuck you into its heart of darkness
The book abounds withlurid descriptive passages revelling in tropical ickiness...competentandassured
Phenomenally disturbing. . . Withconsummate imaginationandtechnical flair, Salam contrives acrescendo of queasinessthat reaches a 'tumult of madness' and manages to make Somerset Maugham's 'Rain' seem like a picnic
Anexcellent,blackly funny debut... a novel whosegrowing environmentalandpsychologicalhorrorsyou can feelcrawling across your skin
Avivid account. . . The island setting and the rainforest arecompellingly evoked, along with theclaustrophobic backdrop of religious maniaand a dysfunctional marriage -an impressive debut
Thrilling. . .oozingwithvivid descriptionsand adeeplyclaustrophobicatmosphere,this debut is quite unlike anything else you'll read this year
Delves in directionsyou won't see coming,swallowingyou like thedarkness of the jungle, with acaptivating narrative brimming with wonder, trepidationandwit
Examining the true nature of religious missions and a marriage in crisis, this is avividly drawnandpowerfulnovel
Arichly texturednovel.Darkly humorousandatmospheric,this debut about fanaticism and marital crisis isone to watchout for
Atmospheric
This book is sorich in detail, the rainforest soimmersive, and the characters so wonderfully odd, thatI was sucked into its dark beating heartandwasn't spat out until I'd turned the final page
Darkly comicandthrilling
What ahot and sticky, feverishlyLord Of The Flies-style debut! The whole novelexcels in rich detail- I wouldn't be surprised if English teachers use it as amasterclass in descriptive prose
Aclaustrophobiccompellingread that'llsuck you into its heart of darkness
The book abounds withlurid descriptive passages revelling in tropical ickiness...competentandassured
Phenomenally disturbing. . . Withconsummate imaginationandtechnical flair, Salam contrives acrescendo of queasinessthat reaches a 'tumult of madness' and manages to make Somerset Maugham's 'Rain' seem like a picnic
Anexcellent,blackly funny debut... a novel whosegrowing environmentalandpsychologicalhorrorsyou can feelcrawling across your skin
Avivid account. . . The island setting and the rainforest arecompellingly evoked, along with theclaustrophobic backdrop of religious maniaand a dysfunctional marriage -an impressive debut
Thrilling. . .oozingwithvivid descriptionsand adeeplyclaustrophobicatmosphere,this debut is quite unlike anything else you'll read this year
Delves in directionsyou won't see coming,swallowingyou like thedarkness of the jungle, with acaptivating narrative brimming with wonder, trepidationandwit
Examining the true nature of religious missions and a marriage in crisis, this is avividly drawnandpowerfulnovel
Arichly texturednovel.Darkly humorousandatmospheric,this debut about fanaticism and marital crisis isone to watchout for
Atmospheric