Adam is a stay-at-home dad who is also working on a history of the bombing and rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral. He is a good man and he is happy. But one day, he receives a call from his daughter''s school to inform him that, for no apparent reason, fifteen-year-old Miriam has collapsed and stopped breathing. In that moment, he is plunged into a world of waiting, agonising, not knowing. The story of his life and the lives of his family are rewritten and re-told around this shocking central event, around a body that has inexplicably failed.
In this exceptionally courageous and unflinching novel of contemporary life Sarah Moss goes where most of us wouldn''t dare to look, and the result is riveting - unbearably sad, but also miraculously funny and ultimately hopeful. The Tidal Zone explores parental love, overwhelming fear, illness and recovery. It is about clever teenagers and the challenges of marriage. It is about the NHS, academia, sex and gender in the twenty-first century, the work-life juggle, and the politics of packing lunches and loading dishwashers. It confirms Sarah Moss as a unique voice in modern fiction and a writer of luminous intelligence.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Granta Books
ISBN: 9781783783076
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 07/07/2016
Año de edición: 2016
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Sarah Moss
(Glasgow, 1975) creció en Mánchester y estudió en la Universidad de Oxford. En la actualidad, trabaja como profesora de Escritura Creativa en la Universidad de Warwick. Es autora de seis novelas, entre ellas Tierra fría (Duomo, 2010), Night Waking (2011) o The Tidal Zone (2016). Muro fantasma fue escogido como uno de los libros del año por The Times, The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement, Financial Times, The Spectator y New Statesman.