The Burning Book
- 304 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
Maggie Gee Libros
1 de enero de 1948
Maggie Gee escribe en la amplia tradición modernista, con libros caracterizados por un fuerte sentido general de patrón y significado. Su obra posee conciencia política y social, volviendo una mirada satírica a la sociedad contemporánea mientras mantiene afecto por sus personajes y una apreciación no irónica de la belleza del mundo natural. Gee explora dilemas humanos individuales, como el conflicto entre la abnegación absoluta y el egoísmo, y examina la relación de la humanidad con la naturaleza y el reino animal en general. Sus novelas frecuentemente profundizan en temas como el racismo, el futuro y el lugar de la especie humana en el medio ambiente.
A new novel from critically acclaimed British author Maggie Gee. A topical and deeply moving meditation on belonging, set in the near future, against a backdrop of migration pressures, climate change and an increasing isolationist mood in the UK.
Alfred White, a London park-keeper, rules his home with a mixture of ferocity and tenderness that has estranged his three children. When Alfred collapses on duty one day, they rush to be with him. His daughter's partner, Elroy, a black social-worker, is brought face to face with Alfred's younger son Dirk, who hates and fears all black people.
President Bliss is handling a tricky situation with customary brio, but after months of ceaseless rain the city is sinking under the floods. The rich are safe on high ground, but the poor are getting damper in their packed tower blocks, and the fanatical 'Last Days' sect is recruiting thousands ... husband Harold listens to jazz and their ditsy teenage daughter Lola fights capitalism by bunking off school. Shirley takes her twin boys to the zoo. The Government - eager to detract attention from a foreign war it has waged - announces a spectacular City Gala. But not even TV astrologer Davey Lucas can predict the extraordinary climax that ensues.
