Lament for the Fallen - Rilegato

Chait, Gavin

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0857523694 ISBN 13: 9780857523693

Casa editrice: Transworld Publishers Ltd, 2016

Riassunto

Perfect for fans of David Mitchell, Michel Faber and J G Ballard, this darkly compelling literary debut tells a thrilling story that is shot through with hope and a transcendent sense of wonder.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Born in Cape Town in 1974, Gavin Chait emigrated to the UK nearly ten years ago. He has degrees in Microbiology & Biochemistry, and Electrical Engineering. He is an economic development strategist and data scientist, and has travelled extensively in Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia and is now based in Oxford. His first novel, Lament for the Fallen, was critically acclaimed (Eric Brown in the Guardian called it ‘a compulsively readable, life affirming tale’). Our Memory Like Dust is his second.

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'They had played another song last night. One he called the Lament for the Fallen. The song had been sad and mournful, as of something passed and forever lost...'

Something has fallen from the stars and crashed into the jungle near an isolated West African community. The locals discover a ruined vessel and, inside, the shattered body of a man. But this is a man unlike any they have seen before – a man who is perhaps something more than human.

His name is Samara and he speaks with terror of a place called Tartarus – a place where hope doesn’t exist. To go there is to face death, one way or another.

As Samara heals himself, he helps transform the lives of those who rescued him, but in so doing attracts the attention of the warlord who would rule this benighted land. Now this butcher and his gunmen threaten the very existence of the villagers themselves – and the one, slim chance Samara has of finding his way home.

And all the while, in the darkness above, waits the simmering fury that lies at the heart of Tartarus . . .

Shot through with hope and possessing a transcendent sense of wonder, this thrilling debut signals the arrival of a remarkable new voice.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0857523694
• ISBN 13: 9780857523693
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile