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The novel entered the Long List of the Buker Prize of 2021.
Samuel is a seventy -year -old lighthouse caretaker and the only resident of a small island off the coast of the African country. He takes care of his garden, beacon and chickens, content with a modest life.
On the shore of the island, it often throws the bodies of refugees. Samuel understands that the government does not care about these unfortunate people, so he buries them himself. But once he discovers that one stranger is still breathing.
“Jennings draws a portrait of a gloomy childhood and social conditions that made Samuel as he is. In the hands of the author, the blows of the fate and failure of this anti -hero acquire textured reliability, from which it is difficult to look away. At every step, he disappoints both himself and others. These disappointments are layered on each other, like the bodies that he bursts under the stones. This book can be compared with a woman in the sands" Kobo Abe. No short presentation of the plot can pay tribute to so
Samuel is a seventy -year -old lighthouse caretaker and the only resident of a small island off the coast of the African country. He takes care of his garden, beacon and chickens, content with a modest life.
On the shore of the island, it often throws the bodies of refugees. Samuel understands that the government does not care about these unfortunate people, so he buries them himself. But once he discovers that one stranger is still breathing.
“Jennings draws a portrait of a gloomy childhood and social conditions that made Samuel as he is. In the hands of the author, the blows of the fate and failure of this anti -hero acquire textured reliability, from which it is difficult to look away. At every step, he disappoints both himself and others. These disappointments are layered on each other, like the bodies that he bursts under the stones. This book can be compared with a woman in the sands" Kobo Abe. No short presentation of the plot can pay tribute to so
Author:
Author:Карен Дженнингс
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-162297-8
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