"Stark and painful yet deeply and beautifully detailed, this novel amplifies the difficulties of survival in the wilderness, whether human or animal."
Memorable and compelling, this novel quietly settles into thoughts and feelings even as it fiercely and passionately protects both its time and place. We are never told but it is likely to be 19th century Tasmania as the setting, nature is exquisitely described and both the transplanted puma and people who attempt to tame the land are out of place.
The original inhabitants live side by side with nature, highlighting the interlopers. Twins Iris and Floyd twisted their way into my heart with their strength and fragility. Their decisions made out of a need to escape their past, and their kinship and vulnerability made me positively ache. For its beauty and the fact that the ending will haunt me, I just had to add this as both a LoveReading Star Book and Liz Pick of the month. Dusk is a soul-searing, wild, stunning novel I can highly recommend.
Shortlisted for the Climate Fiction PrizeThe story of outcast twins Iris and Floyd who join a hunt through the Tasmanian wilderness for a man-killing puma. But there is a threat closer to home . . .'A sublime novel of loss and redemption' Hannah Kent'A propulsive novel of survival and betrayal' The EconomistIn the Tasmanian highlands, a wild puma is on the loose. Dusk has escaped her captors and reports of killing sprees soon follow.Twins Iris and Floyd are out of work, money and friends. When they hear that a bounty has been placed on Dusk, they reluctantly decide to join the hunt. As they journey up into this wild, haunted country, they discover there's far more to the land and people of the highlands than they imagined.And as they close in on their prey, they're forced to reckon with conflicts both ancient and deeply personal.'Starkly beautiful and deeply felt ... the pared-back textures of Dusk's prose occasionally recall those of Cormac McCarthy' Guardian'An expertly paced quest narrative doubling as the tale of a community riven by suspicion' Mail on Sunday
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Shortlisted for the Climate Fiction PrizeThe story of outcast twins Iris and Floyd who join a hunt through the Tasmanian wilderness for a man-killing puma. But there is a threat closer to home . . .'A sublime novel of loss and redemption' Hannah Kent'A propulsive novel of survival and betrayal' The EconomistIn the Tasmanian highlands, a wild puma is on the loose.
Dusk features in the following genres: Audiobooks of the Month, Book Club Recommendations, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Family Drama, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Paperback, Hardback, Audiobook. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
Dusk was written by Robbie Arnott and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Dusk has 255 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.
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