Under a Pole Star: Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Novel Award - Hardcover

Penney, Stef

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1786481162 ISBN 13: 9781786481160

Verlag: Quercus Publishing, 2016

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Críticas:

A suspenseful epic, offering a leitmotif of constant unease . . . impressive (Guardian)

Unquestionably atmospheric, evocative and . . . rewarding (Independent on Sunday)

A tense and delicately written thriller (Observer)

A remarkable literary debut . . . brilliantly assured, subtly written (Scotsman)

Penney's evocation of the frozen lands of northern Canada couldn't ring truer if she'd spent months wandering through the land with nothing but a pack of huskies and a native tracker for company (Guardian)

Within the first fifty pages I was completely in love. It is a testimony to the power of good writing that it can present you with a world that you think you know nothing about, but by the end [of the book] you feel you own it (Armando Iannucci)

This subtle and superb novel brings the freezing landscape of the Canadian woods to such vivid life that the landscape itself becomes a strong character within the story (Crimesquad)

An absorbing and stylish mystery (Glasgow Herald)

A first-rate gripper with a notably sensual as well as psychological understanding of its main characters (Globe and Mail)

Reseña del editor:

Flora Mackie was twelve when she first crossed the Arctic Circle on her father's whaling ship. Now she is returning to the frozen seas as the head of her own exploration expedition. Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan, but his yearning for new horizons leads him to the Arctic as part of a rival expedition. When he and Flora meet, all thoughts of science and exploration give way before a sudden, all-consuming love.

The affair survives the growing tensions between the two groups, but then, after one more glorious summer on the Greenland coast, Jakob joins his leader on an extended trip into the interior, with devastating results.

The stark beauty of the Arctic ocean, where pack ice can crush a ship like an eggshell, and the empty sweep of the tundra, alternately a snow-muffled wasteland and an unexpectedly gentle meadow, are vividly evoked. Against this backdrop Penney weaves an irresistible love story, a compelling look at the dark side of the golden age of exploration, and a mystery that Flora, returning one last time to the North Pole as an old woman, will finally lay to rest.

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• Verlag: Quercus Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1786481162
• ISBN 13: 9781786481160
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 608