Marcel Theroux: Far North
- Yhteenveto
- Kategoria: kaunokirjallisuus, alakategoria: kaunokirjalliset sekasisältöiset teokset
- Materiaali: Isokokoinen pokkari
- Kustantaja: Faber & Faber
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9780571237784
- Lisätiedot
- Katseltu: 89 krt
- Suosituksia: 0 kpl
Kuvaus (176 sanaa, lukemiseen kuluu n. minuutti)
Every day I buckle on my guns and go out to patrol this dingy city. Out on the far northern border of a failed state, Makepeace patrols the ruins of a dying city and tries to keep its unruly inhabitants in check. Into this cold, isolated world comes evidence that life is flourishing elsewhere — a refugee from the vast emptiness of forest, whose existence inspires Makepeace to take to the road to reconnect with human society. What Makepeace finds is a world unravelling, stockaded villages enforcing a rough and uncertain justice, mysterious slave camps labouring to harness the little understood technologies of a vanished civilization. But Makepeace's journey also leads to unexpected human contact, tenderness, and the dark secrets behind this frozen world. 'Far North' leads the reader on a quest through an unforgettable arctic landscape, from humanity's origins to its likely end. Bleak, haunting, spare — and yet ultimately hopeful, the novel is suffused with an ecstatic awareness of the world's fragility and beauty, and its unexpected ability to recover from our worst trespasses.