Name: Burn
Price: 50.24 NZD
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Author: Peter Heller
ISBN: 9780593801628

Type

Physical Book

Author

Peter Heller

Publisher

Knopf

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.0 x 14.0 x 2.1 cm

Weight

0.47 kg.

ISBN13

9780593801628

Synopsis "Burn"

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, a novel about two men--friends since boyhood--who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violence Every year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage to the most remote corners of the country, where they camp, hunt, and hike, leaving much from their long friendship unspoken. Although the state of Maine has convulsed all summer with secession mania--a mania that has simultaneously spread across other states--Jess and Storey figure it's a fight reserved for legislators or, worst-case scenario, folks in the capital. But after weeks hunting off the grid, the men reach a small town and are shocked by what they find: a bridge blown apart, buildings burned to the ground, and bombed-out cars abandoned on the road. Trying to make sense of the sudden destruction all around them, they set their sights on finding their way home, dragging a wagon across bumpy dirt roads, scavenging from boats left in lakes, and dodging armed men--secessionists or U.S. military, they cannot tell--as they seek a path to safety. Then, a startling discovery drastically alters their path and the stakes of their escape. Drenched in the beauty of the natural world and attuned to the specific cadences of male friendship, even here at the edge of doom, Burn is both a blistering warning about a divided country's political strife and an ode to the salvation found in our chosen families.

Peter Heller

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La primera gran aventura que emprendió Peter Heller, a los 29 años, también podría haber sido la última. El primer día de esa peligrosísima expedición en kayak por las aguas de la meseta tibetana uno de sus compañeros de aventura murió en sus brazos. Desde entonces no ha parado de explorar los límites de la naturaleza y también de la escritura.

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