The Catastrophist: A Novel - Softcover

Bennett, Ronan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684870363 ISBN 13: 9780684870366

Verlag: Simon & Schuster, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Short-listed for the Whitbread Novel Award, The Catastrophist is a haunting novel set in the politically charged landscape of the Belgian Congo just before independence. At its heart is the passion between novelist James Gillespie and the fiery idealistic journalist Inès, whom he follows to Africa as their affair begins to fray. They are as unlike as lovers can be; he is willfully apolitical and desperate for her love, while she is obsessed with the unfolding drama, caught up in history, hero-worship, and soon, a new passion. In a country that will self-destruct upon giving birth to itself, Gillespie is plunged into violence and betrayal, and moved by love to a final act of nobility. In his ravishing U.S. debut, Ronan Bennett delivers heart-stopping suspense, profound moral questioning, and a searing depiction of a doomed love.

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Ronan Bennett was brought up in Belfast. He is the author of three novels -- The Second Prison, Overthrown by Strangers, and, most recently, The Catastrophist (shortlisted for the 1998 Whitbread Novel Award). He has also written screenplays for film and television. Ronan Bennett lives in London with his family.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0684870363
• ISBN 13: 9780684870366
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
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