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The Mermaid of Black Conch: The spellbinding winner of the Costa Book of the Year, as read on BBC Radio 4 - Softcover

Roffey, Monique

 
9781529115499: The Mermaid of Black Conch: The spellbinding winner of the Costa Book of the Year, as read on BBC Radio 4
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1529115493 ISBN 13: 9781529115499
Verlag: Vintage, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Escape to the ocean with the entrancing, unforgettable winner of the Costa Book of the Year – as read on BBC Radio 4.


‘A daring, mesmerising novel… A modern myth’ Maggie O’Farrell, author of HAMNET

‘Not your standard mermaid’ Margaret Atwood, author of THE HANDMAID’S TALE

Near the island of Black Conch, a fisherman sings to himself while waiting for a catch. But David attracts a sea-dweller that he never expected – Aycayia, an innocent young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid.

When American tourists capture Aycayia, David rescues her and vows to win her trust. Slowly, painfully, she transforms into a woman again. Yet as their love grows, they discover that the world around them is changing – and they cannot escape the curse for ever…

‘Bighearted… A world that it is a pleasure to live inside’ New York Times

‘Sensuous, beguiling, wondrous… A striking achievement’ Sunday Times

‘A fiercely modern mermaid story’ The Times

‘A unique talent’ Bernardine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER

‘Gorgeous… I was enthralled, enchanted and moved’ 5-star reader review

‘A tale of love, the sea and a mermaid… Perfection’ 5-star reader review

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Monique Roffey was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. She is the author of eight novels and a memoir. The Mermaid of Black Conch won the Costa Book of the Year and the Costa Novel Award 2020. It was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2021, the Goldsmiths Prize 2020 and the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2021, and longlisted for the Orwell Prize, the Ondaatje Prize and the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2021. Her highly acclaimed previous books are sun dog, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2010), Archipelago (winner of the OCM Bocas Award for Caribbean Literature 2013), House of Ashes (shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2014), The Tryst and With the Kisses of His Mouth. Monique Roffey is a Professor at the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University and a tutor for the National Writers Centre.

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Near the island of Black Conch, a fisherman sings to himself while waiting for a catch. But David attracts a sea-dweller that he never expected - Aycayia, an innocent young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid.

When American tourists capture Aycayia, David rescues her and vows to win her trust. Slowly, painfully, she transforms into a woman again. Yet as their love grows, they discover that the world around them is changing - and they cannot escape the curse for ever.

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Verlag
Vintage
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1529115493
ISBN 13 
9781529115499
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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