Sweet Lamb of Heaven
A Novel
Seiten
2016
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-28554-3 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-28554-3 (ISBN)
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction
A Washington Post Best Book of 2016
A New York Best Book of 2016
A Kirkus Best Book of 2016
Lydia Millet’s chilling new novel is the first-person account of a young mother, Anna, escaping her cold and unfaithful husband, a businessman who’s just launched his first campaign for political office. When Ned chases Anna and their six-year-old daughter from Alaska to Maine, the two go into hiding in a run-down motel on the coast. But the longer they stay, the less the guests in the dingy motel look like typical tourists—and the less Ned resembles a typical candidate. As his pursuit of Anna and their child moves from threatening to criminal, Ned begins to alter his wife’s world in ways she never could have imagined.
A double-edged and satisfying story with a strong female protagonist, a thrilling plot, and a creeping sense of the apocalyptic, Sweet Lamb of Heaven builds to a shattering ending with profound implications for its characters—and for all of us.
A Washington Post Best Book of 2016
A New York Best Book of 2016
A Kirkus Best Book of 2016
Lydia Millet’s chilling new novel is the first-person account of a young mother, Anna, escaping her cold and unfaithful husband, a businessman who’s just launched his first campaign for political office. When Ned chases Anna and their six-year-old daughter from Alaska to Maine, the two go into hiding in a run-down motel on the coast. But the longer they stay, the less the guests in the dingy motel look like typical tourists—and the less Ned resembles a typical candidate. As his pursuit of Anna and their child moves from threatening to criminal, Ned begins to alter his wife’s world in ways she never could have imagined.
A double-edged and satisfying story with a strong female protagonist, a thrilling plot, and a creeping sense of the apocalyptic, Sweet Lamb of Heaven builds to a shattering ending with profound implications for its characters—and for all of us.
Lydia Millet is the author of A Children’s Bible, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top Ten book of the Year. Her first work of short fiction, Love in Infant Monkeys, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She lives outside Tucson, Arizona.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.06.2016 |
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| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 430 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror |
| Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller | |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-393-28554-5 / 0393285545 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-28554-3 / 9780393285543 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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