Salvation City
from the bestelling author of THE FRIEND
$28.08
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
12 May 2020
Summary
From the National Book Award-winning author of The Friend, the moving and eerily relevant novel that imagines the aftermath of a flu pandemic as seen through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy uncertain of his destiny.
In an America devastated by a flu pandemic, orphaned thirteen-year-old Cole finds safety and stability with an evangelical pastor and his wife. Happiness becomes disquiet as he realises the cost at which this peace comes, and the extent to which it challenges …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349014234 |
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| ISBN-10: | 034901423X |
| Author: | Sigrid Nunez |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 12 May 2020 |
| Weight: | 225g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
A tale of an American near-apocalypse that … reads beautifully, at time joyously, and makes one reconsider the ordering of our world - Gary Shteyngart
Not only timely and thought-provoking but also generous in its understanding of human nature. When the apocalypse comes, I want Nunez in my lifeboat - Vanity FairNunez’s writing is gorgeously spare, and she gets the life and the lingo of a teenage boy just right…. A gorgeously strange novel - Boston GlobeA satisfying, provocative and very plausible novel - Abraham Verghese, New York Times Book Review Editors ChoiceA wise and richly humane coming-of-age novel - O MagazineAbout The Author
Sigrid Nunez
Sigrid Nunez is the New York Times bestselling author of The Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award, and of seven other novels, including Salvation City, The Last of Her Kind, and What Are You Going Through. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages.
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