- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Myriad Editions (10 May 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0954930924
- ISBN-13: 978-0954930929
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 331,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Martine McDonagh writes with a cool, clear confidence about a world brought to its knees. Her protagonist, a woman living alone but battling on into the future, is utterly believable, as are her observations of the sodden landscape she finds herself inhabiting. This book certainly got under my skin - if you like your books dark and more than a little disturbing this is one for you.' - MICK JACKSON, author of The Widow's Tale 'An exquisitely crafted debut novel set in a post-apocalyptic landscape...I'm rationing myself to five pages per day in order to make it last.' - GUARDIAN UNLIMITED 'A decidedly original tale... Psychologically sophisticated, it demands our attention. Ignore it, O Philistines, at your peril.' - BOOKGROUP.INFO 'Evocative and intriguing, this novel deserves an audience.' - THE ARGUS 'Imaginative, clever and darkly claustrophobic.' THE BIG ISSUE 'A story of sexual obsession and broken trust, with the sodden (and wonderfully rendered) landscape a constant, literally atmospheric presence.' - CAUSTIC COVER CRITIC, BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Dehumanised and primitive, the world according to this book is material for blurry nightmares, an insidious scary film or accurate lessons in futurology. McDonagh has worked in the rock industry for a long time and her writing still works to this tempo, to these dynamics - physical, sensual and nerve-wracking.' - JEAN-DANIEL BEAUVALLET, author of Les Inrockuptibles 'The dank post-apocalyptic atmosphere perfectly suist this tale of obsessive love lost amongst civilization's ruins. The writing touches subconscious strata; the mystery unfolds hypnotically; the reader is drawn into a parallel universe all too frighteningly real.' - LENNY KAYE
JEAN-DANIEL BEAUVALLET, Les Inrockuptibles
'Martine McDonagh has worked in the rock industry for a long time
and her writing still works to this tempo, to these dynamics - physical,
sensual and nerve-racking.'
and her writing still works to this tempo, to these dynamics - physical,
sensual and nerve-racking.'
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book takes us into a dysfunctional and frightening world. The circumstances and surroundings of the story are cleverly built up so that they illuminate but never dominate the very human narrative at the centre of the book; it remains very much the drama of its central character Rachel, and not at all a futuristic-fantasy tale. McDonagh manages to make us simultaneously share, and objectively observe, Rachel's mindset as the story develops, so that we see and understand both her rationality and her irrationality. I found this a very satisfying read.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I did a search on Google for novels that featured climate change and this was one of the first on the list. I bought it in my local bookshop and read it in one sitting. It is a detailed and fascinating description of a woman living alone in the middle of this century. There are some graphic images and some powerful ideas, rewarding my random purchase. The ending is a total surprise which makes you rethink the rest which is surely the best kind of novel.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This short novel grips from the outset, a vision of our possible future that is stark and truly scary. The main character is intriguing and misunderstood, within the novel itself, and by the reader. The author has given enough information to allow the reader full use of their imagination about events prior to the happenings in the story and also what may lie in time to come. I thoroughly recommend this to those who like to be held tense and left a little shaken by what they read. I really enjoyed it!
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