Book : The New Wilderness A Novel - Cook, Diane

-Titulo Original : The New Wilderness A Novel

-Fabricante :

Harper Perennial

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Review “Could this be the great climate change novel of our time? Buzz is building fast for the epic debut novel of Diane Cook.” -- Entertainment Weekly“The emotional core of the story is the relationship between Bea and Agnes, whose perspectives drive the narrative. It’s a damning piece of horror cli-fi, but it’s also a gripping and profound examination of love and sacrifice.” -- Buzzfeed“Cook writes about desperate people in a world of ever shrinking livable space and increasingly questionable resources like air and water but also about the resilience of children who adapt, even enjoying circumstances that overwhelm the adults around them. Cook also raises uncomfortable questions: How far will a person go to survive, and what sacrifices will she or won’t she make for those she loves? This ecological horror story (particularly horrifying now) explores painful regions of the human heart.” -- Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)“A wry, speculative debut novel. . .Cook’s unsettling, darkly humorous tale explores maternal love and man’s disdain for nature with impressive results.” -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)“Violence, death, tribalism, lust, love, betrayals, wonder, genius, and courage-all are enacted in this stunningly incisive and complexly suspenseful tale akin to dystopian novels by Margaret Atwood and Claire Vaye Watkins. When Cook finally widens the lens on her characters increasingly desperate predicament, the exposure of malignant greed, deceit, and injustice resonates with devastating impact.” -- Donna Seaman, Booklist (Starred Review)“More than timely, the novel feels timeless, solid, like a forgotten classic recently resurfaced-a brutal, beguiling fairy tale about humanity. But at its core, The New Wilderness is really about motherhood, and about the world we make (or unmake) for our children.” -- Washington PostA dazzling debut...Cook takes command of a fast-paced, thrilling story to ask stomach-turning questions in a moment when it would benefit every soul to have their stomach turned by the prospect of the future she envisions. I, for one, was grateful for the journey. -- Tea Obreht, The Guardian“Humanity returns to nature in Diane Cook’s timely ecological tale. . . . A gripping adventure that denies its readers easy answers, The New Wilderness is an important debut, and an illuminating read in these times, when the stakes of humans’ relationship with nature have never felt higher.” -- USA Weekend5 of 5 stars. Gripping, fierce, terrifying examination of what people are capable of when they want to survive in both the best and worst ways. Loved this. -- Roxane Gay via TwitterThe New Wilderness is a virtuosic debut, brutal and beautiful in equal measure. -- Emily St. John Mandel, New York Times bestselling author of STATION ELEVEN and THE GLASS HOTEL A Washington Post, NPR, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year * Shortlisted for the Booker Prize“More than timely, the novel feels timeless, solid, like a forgotten classic recently resurfaced - a brutal, beguiling fairy tale about humanity. But at its core, The New Wilderness is really about motherhood, and about the world we make (or unmake) for our children.” - Washington Post5 of 5 stars. Gripping, fierce, terrifying examination of what people are capable of when they want to survive in both the best and worst ways. Loved this.- Roxane Gay via TwitterMargaret Atwood meets Miranda July in this wildly imaginative debut novel of a mothers battle to save her daughter in a world ravaged by climate change; A prescient and suspenseful book from the author of the acclaimed story collection, Man V. Nature. Bea’s five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the