An island : a novel
Book |
First US edition. |
Hogarth,
New York :
[2022]
- 4 of 4 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 1 current hold with 4 total copies.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleming - Beamsville | FIC Jenni | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Fonthill | FIC Jenni 2022 | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Grimsby | Fic Jen | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Welland Main | FIC Jenni | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
"Samuel has lived alone on a small island off the coast of an unnamed African country for more than two decades. He tends to his garden, his lighthouse, and his chickens, content with a solitary life. Routinely, the nameless bodies of refugees wash ashore, but Samuel--who understands that the government only values certain lives, certain deaths--always buries them himself. One day, though, he finds that one of these bodies is still breathing. As he nurses the stranger back to life, Samuel--feeling unsettled and strangely threatened--is soon swept up in memories of his former life as a political prisoner on the mainland: a life that saw his country exploited under colonial rule, followed by a period of revolution and a brief, hard-won independence, only for the cycle of suffering to continue under a cruel dictator. And he can't help but recall his own shameful role in that history. In this stranger's presence he begins to consider, as he did in his youth: What does it mean to own land, or to belong to it? And what does it cost to have--and lose--a home? A timeless and gripping portrait of regret, fear, and the extraordinary stakes of companionship, An Island is a story as page-turning as it is profound."--
Details
- ISBN: 9780593446522
- Physical Description: 210 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : Hogarth, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2020.