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'Riotously original ... A triumph' NEW YORK TIMES ' A journey unlike any you've read before ' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH ' Her most profound book yet ... Surreal, hysterical and beguiling in every sense ' GLAMOUR The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces , a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story. A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow - for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike. Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with a gash through its side that beckons like a familiar door. So she enters it. What awaits her inside this mystical succulent sets her on a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious and poignant. This is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. This is Death Valley . PRAISE FOR THE PISCES 'Of all the books that I read this summer I think this was my absolute favourite. It really blew me away' DOLLY ALDERTON 'Frank, provocative and brilliant' INDEPENDENT 'Hilarious, poignant, sexy. A brilliant story about why we crave connection and how to find ourselves' ELLE 'Laugh-out-loud funny' i
| EAN: | 9781526665225 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 01.08.2024 |
| Autoren: | Broder, Melissa |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 232 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / General |
| Keyword: | summertime summer reading; books by pool on holiday; funny profound literary; Milk fed; The Pisces; adventure mysterious mystery; more books other by; California CA desert; grief; vacation reads for grown ups; survival reads; excitement; female lead character; family |
| Fachschema: | Amerikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung |
| Länge: | 198 mm |
| Breite: | 131 mm |
| Höhe: | 17 mm |