The Testament of Jessie Lamb - Brossura

Rogers, Jane

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0062130803 ISBN 13: 9780062130808

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2012

Riassunto

When a virus that kills pregnant women is unleashed on the unsuspecting world, endangering the human race, Jessie Lamb, an ordinary 16-year-old, begins to question everything around her, which drives her towards an ultimate test of heroism. Original. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“The novel does not set up an elaborate apocalypse, but astringently strips away the smears hiding the apocalypses we really face. Like Jessie’s, it is a small, calm voice of reason in a nonsensical world.” (The Independent)

“Jane Rogers has captured Jessie’s voice brilliantly, alternating a teenager’s solipsism with a growing awareness of the wider world. Jessie’s self-conviction is both admirable and infuriating, and the reader is torn between her clear, unequivocal conclusions and the intricate, heartfelt compromises of her parents.” (Times Literary Supplement (London))

“A powerful dystopian novel...Long-listed for the Booker Prize, Rogers’ mesmerizing tale is frighteningly timely and bound to spark rich book-club discussions.” (Booklist)

“Thought-provoking, smart, real, disturbing, and well-written...A compelling page-turner of a novel.” (Popmatters)

“Echoes of Kazuo Ishiguro’s stealthy novel Never Let Me Go abound, but Rogers works with a more populist tool kit, nailing the tempestuous inner conflicts of a young woman as she discerns the full measure of selfishness required to be selfless.” (New York Times Book Review)

“Beautifully and convincingly written, Jessie’s testament for posterity is truly moving, haunting...a rich, heavy read, full of provocative questions...” (Kirkus Reviews)

L'autore:

JANE ROGERS has written eight novels, including Her Living Image (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), Mr. Wroe’s Virgins (a Guardian Fiction Prize runner-up), Promised Lands (winner of the Writers’ Guild Award for Best Fiction Book), Island (longlisted for the Orange Prize) and The Voyage Home. She has written drama for radio and TV, including an award-winning adaptation of Mr. Wroe’s Virgins for BBC2. She has taught writing at the University of Adelaide, at Paris Sorbonne IV and on a radio-writing project in eastern Uganda. She is professor of writing at Sheffield Hallam University and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Jane lives on the edge of the moors in Lancashire, England. Visit her online at janerogers.org.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062130803
• ISBN 13: 9780062130808
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240