The Girl in the Road - Brossura

Byrne, Monica

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0349134219 ISBN 13: 9780349134215

Casa editrice: Blackfriars, 2014

Riassunto

One day Meena gets out of bed covered in blood, with mysterious snakebites on her chest. Her worst fears have been realised: someone is after her and she must flee India at once. As she plots her escape, she learns of The Trail, an energy-harvesting bridge spanning the Arabian Sea that has become a refuge for itinerant vagabonds and loners on the run. This is her salvation.

Slipping out in the cover of night, with a knapsack full of supplies including a pozit GPS system, a scroll reader, and a sealable waterproof pod, Meena sets off for Ethiopia, the place of her birth. But as she runs away from the threat of violence she is also running towards a shocking revelation about her past.

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It's transfixing to watch Monica Byrne become a major player in sci-fi with her debut novel: so sharp, so focused and so human. Beautifully drawn people in a future that feels so close you can touch it, blended with the lush language and concerns of myth. It builds a bridge from past to future, from East to West. Glorious stuff (Neil Gaiman)

A brilliant novel, vivid, intense, and fearless with a kind of savage joy. These journeys - Meena's across the Arabian Sea and Mariama's across Africa - are utterly unforgettable (Kim Stanley Robinson)

Sci-fi has long claimed to be the multicultural literature of the future. This is the real thing...Described with verve and conviction...A new sensation, a real achievement (Wall Street Journal)

The most inventive tale to come along in years. . . . The writing is often brilliant, as Byrne paints wholly believable pictures of worlds and cultures most Westerners will never know. . . . Engrossing and enjoyable (Kirkus Reviews)

Spectacular and intriguing. . . . Enthralling on many levels. . . . The incorporation of evolving views of gender . . . propel this novel into the stratosphere of artistic brilliance (Library Journal, starred review)

[The narrative] captures the sheer surface speed and exhilaration of living in the changing contemporary world. . . . A ceaseless storm of matter and energy (Los Angeles Review of Books)

Brims with ambition...Inventive... Fearless ...[A] wild, hallucinatory ride (San Francisco Chronicle)

Monica Byrne's vision of India and Africa as an ever-changing maelstrom of language and culture, technology and sexuality is utterly captivating...An electrifying debut (Helene Wecker, author of The Golem and the Jinni)

Stunning...More than a few surprises await Meena and Mariama and the reader as story lines converge in a surprising, gratifying climax (Booklist)

It's transfixing to watch Monica Byrne become a major player in science fiction with her debut novel . . . Beautifully drawn people in a future that feels so close you can touch it, blended with lush language and concerns of myth. It builds a bridge from past to future, from East to West. Glorious stuff (Neil Gaiman)

Descrizione del libro:

In a world where global power has shifted east and revolution is brewing, a young woman sets out from her home in India on a desperate, profound journey of escape and discovery.

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• Editore: Blackfriars
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0349134219
• ISBN 13: 9780349134215
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336