Karen Thompson Walker Libros

La vida de Julia apenas cambió en los primeros días de lo que los científicos llamaron «la Ralentización». Lo peor fue perder a su mejor amiga Hannah, que se fue con su familia a un refugio para mormones en Utah. Es verdad que los adultos discutían sobre horarios, cosechas, trabajo y energía, es cierto que las mansiones en primera línea de mar estaban ahora anegadas por la marea, pero Julia todavía tenía que vérselas con los matones del instituto en la parada del autobús, y tratar de no ponerse colorada cada vez que el atractivo Seth Moreno le dirigía la palabra. Pero poco a poco el cambio comenzó a calar hondo en la gente, en la familia, en el matrimonio de sus padres. La tierra se ralentizaba y la vida seguía, errática, caprichosa, triste, alegre, sorprendente...

Exploring themes of memory and identity, the story follows a woman with perfect recall who begins experiencing unsettling psychological symptoms after childbirth. As she grapples with blackouts and hallucinations, her unorthodox psychiatrist and a skeptical detective delve into her mysterious experiences. Jane's sudden disappearance and subsequent episodes lead to a deeper investigation into her psyche, challenging perceptions of reality and the mind. The narrative serves as a thought-provoking exploration of consciousness and the complexities of human relationships.

"It's never the disasters you see coming that finally come to pass-it's the ones you don't expect at all," says Julia, in this spellbinding novel of catastrophe and survival by a superb new writer. Luminous, suspenseful, unforgettable, 'The Age of Miracles' tells the haunting and beautiful story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in a time of extraordinary change. On an ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia awakes to discover that something has happened to the rotation of the earth. The days and nights are growing longer and longer; gravity is affected; the birds, the tides, human behavior, and cosmic rhythms are thrown into disarray. In a world that seems filled with danger and loss, Julia also must face surprising developments in herself, and in her personal world-divisions widening between her parents, strange behavior by her friends, the pain an vulnerability of first love, a growing sense of isolation, and a surprising, rebellious new strength. With crystalline prose and the indelible magic of a born storyteller, Karen Thompson Walker gives us a breathtaking portrait of people finding ways to go on in an ever-evolving world.

The eagerly awaited new novel from the author of The Age of Miracles. Imagine a world where sleep could trap you, for days, for weeks, months ... A world where you could, even, die of sleep rather than in your sleep. Karen Thompson Walker's second novel is stunning, the story of a Californian town's epidemic of perpetual sleep. ​ Praise for The Age of Miracles: 'A beautifully observed coming-of-age tale in the great American tradition ... nimble, delicate and emotionally sophisticated' Observer 'Hauntingly believable ... an impressive and quietly terrifying book' Sunday Times 'Karen Thompson Walker's debut novel is a stunner from the first page - an end-of-the-world, coming-of-age tale of quiet majesty. I loved this novel and can't wait to see what this remarkable writer will do next' Justin Cronin, author of The Passage

The site of an inhumation cemetery with remains of c. 124 individuals, mostly male and adult and with additional disarticulated bone. Radiocarbon dating demonstrates that the cemetery was in use, probably for disposing of the remains of those subject to judicial punishment , in both Saxon and medieval times.