'Riotously original ... A triumph' New York Times 'A journey unlike
any you've read before' Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain-Gang
All-Stars 'There is deep wisdom in these pages' Mary Beth Keane,
author of Ask Again, Yes The most profound book yet from the visionary
author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief
that becomes a desert survival story. A woman arrives alone at a Best
Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has
fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow - for
both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening.
What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a
receptionist who recommends a nearby hike. Out on the sun-scorched
trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape
mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with
a gash through its side that beckons like a familiar door. So she
enters it. What awaits her inside this mystical succulent sets her on
a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious and poignant. This is
Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest.
This is Death Valley. PRAISE FOR THE PISCES 'Of all the books that I
read this summer I think this was my absolute favourite. It really
blew me away' DOLLY ALDERTON 'Frank, provocative and brilliant'
INDEPENDENT 'Hilarious, poignant, sexy. A brilliant story about why we
crave connection and how to find ourselves' ELLE 'Laugh-out-loud
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ISBN
9781526665195
Publisert
2023
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Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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