The Burning Book
- 304pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Maggie Gee Livres
1 janvier 1948
Maggie Gee écrit dans la tradition moderniste, ses livres étant caractérisés par un fort sens général de structure et de signification. Son œuvre possède une conscience politique et sociale, portant un regard satirique sur la société contemporaine tout en conservant de l'affection pour ses personnages et une appréciation non ironique de la beauté du monde naturel. Gee explore les dilemmes humains individuels, tels que le conflit entre l'altruisme absolu et l'égoïsme, et examine la relation de l'humanité avec la nature et le règne animal en général. Ses romans abordent fréquemment des thèmes tels que le racisme, l'avenir et la place de l'espèce humaine dans l'environnement.
A new novel from critically acclaimed British author Maggie Gee. A topical and deeply moving meditation on belonging, set in the near future, against a backdrop of migration pressures, climate change and an increasing isolationist mood in the UK.
Alfred White, a London park-keeper, rules his home with a mixture of ferocity and tenderness that has estranged his three children. When Alfred collapses on duty one day, they rush to be with him. His daughter's partner, Elroy, a black social-worker, is brought face to face with Alfred's younger son Dirk, who hates and fears all black people.
President Bliss is handling a tricky situation with customary brio, but after months of ceaseless rain the city is sinking under the floods. The rich are safe on high ground, but the poor are getting damper in their packed tower blocks, and the fanatical 'Last Days' sect is recruiting thousands ... husband Harold listens to jazz and their ditsy teenage daughter Lola fights capitalism by bunking off school. Shirley takes her twin boys to the zoo. The Government - eager to detract attention from a foreign war it has waged - announces a spectacular City Gala. But not even TV astrologer Davey Lucas can predict the extraordinary climax that ensues.
