Continent

Continent

by JimCrace (Author)

Synopsis

`Hard and actual in observation, clearly and richly imagined, remarkably original' Guardian

A novel in seven stories, Continent is an exploration of the cultures, communities and natural life of an entirely imaginary realm. Built on rich seams of myth and metaphor, this new, seventh continent is strange, atmospheric and yet not wholly a mirage, for its inhabitants are disarmingly familiar, known to us through their loves, their hopes and their struggles to make sense of life.

On its first publication over twenty years ago, this spellbinding book marked the arrival of one of the most inventive minds at work in modern fiction.

`Fuses folklore and political parable, moral fable and myth, into something rather original and also very modern' The Times

`Makes us see our own world more clearly . . . brilliant, provocative and delightful' New York Times

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: Reprints
Publisher: Picador
Published: 04 Jan 2008

ISBN 10: 0330453319
ISBN 13: 9780330453318

Author Bio
Jim Crace is the prize-winning author of several books, including Continent (winner of the 1986 Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize), Quarantine (1998 Whitbread Novel of the Year and shortlisted for the Booker Prize), Being Dead (winner of the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award) and Harvest (shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize and winner of the International Dublin Literary Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize). He lives in Worcestershire.