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The Isle Of Youth
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Description
'The best young writer in America.'
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The Isle of Youth journeys through lives mired in secrecy and deception. From a newlywed marooned on honeymoon in Patagonia, to an abandoned tourist trailing a troupe of Parisian acrobats, to a woman who travels to Antarctica to unpick the secrets of her brother's death, the characters in these mesmerising stories are complicated, vulnerable, and ruthless afflicted by desires which they try to satisfy despite never knowing what they truly are.
Each tale in this collection is by turns magical and brutal, making the unusual seem plausible and the impossible suddenly likely. Van den Berg tinges her landscapes with a sense of the surreal, inviting readers to recognise as her characters do the surprising ways in which the familiar can unexpectedly reveal its darker contours.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2015-03-19
Publication Date:
2015-03-19
Publisher:
Daunt Books
Languages:
Published:
English,
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1907970681
Weight:
1050 g
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Very good
Almost no signs of wear. Book pages have no markings, accessories are intact and all other media are in good condition.
€3,49