Russia, 1986. In a run-down apartment block in Moscow, a nine-year-old piano prodigy practices silently for fear of disturbing the neighbours. In a factory on the outskirts of the city, his aunt makes car parts, trying to hide her dissident past. In the hospital, a surgeon immerses himself in his work to avoid facing his failed marriage. And in a rural village in Belarus, a teenage boy wakes up to a sky of the deepest crimson. Outside, the ears of his neighbour's cattle are dripping blood. Ten miles away, at the Chernobyl Power Plant, something unimaginable has happened. Now their lives will change forever.
All That is Solid Melts into Air is an astonishing novel of terrifying beauty that captures the end of an era.
| ISBN: | 9780241964675 |
| Publication date: | 2nd April 2015 |
| Author: | Darragh McKeon |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 388 pages |
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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Russia, 1986. In a run-down apartment block in Moscow, a nine-year-old piano prodigy practices silently for fear of disturbing the neighbours. In a factory on the outskirts of the city, his aunt makes car parts, trying to hide her dissident past. In the hospital, a surgeon immerses himself in his work to avoid facing his failed marriage. And in a rural village in Belarus, a teenage boy wakes up to a sky of the deepest crimson. Outside, the ears of his neighbour's cattle are dripping blood. Ten miles away, at the Chernobyl Power Plant, something unimaginable has happened. Now their lives will change forever.
All That is Solid Melts into Air is an astonishing novel of terrifying beauty that captures the end of an era.
All That is Solid Melts into Air features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Recommendations
All That is Solid Melts into Air is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
All That is Solid Melts into Air was written by Darragh McKeon and published by Penguin Books Ltd
All That is Solid Melts into Air has 388 pages
£14.39
