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Beautyland

By Marie-Helene Bertino

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Beautyland

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A wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth, by the acclaimed author of Parakeet. At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different; she also possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of earthlings. For years, as she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. But at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone? A blazing novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life in our universe, Marie-Helene Bertino's Beautyland is a remarkable evocation of feeling in exile at home and introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times.
Product details
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2024-01-16
Publication Date:
2024-01-16
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0374109281
ISBN13:
9780374109288
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
443 g
Height:
142 cm
Width:
214 cm
Thickness:
31 cm

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