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Michel Faber - The Book of Strange New Things (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
The Book of Strange New Things is a 2014 science fiction novel by Dutch-born author Michel Faber. The work was first published in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2014 and concerns an English pastor who is sent to the planet of Oasis to teach its reclusive native inhabitants about Christianity.
Mankind has reached its first extra-terrestrial world, Oasis, and the giant corporation USIC is working hard to build a colony there while economic and climatic conditions on earth continue to deteriorate. There's one hitch to their plans: the natives of Oasis want a preacher.
Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, Peter sets out on a quest to take the word of God to the farthest corners of the galaxy.
His mission will challenge everything - his faith, his endurance and the love that can hold two people together, even when they are worlds apart.
. . . 'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.'
Details
- Format : Very Thick 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : As New
- Category : Fiction - Science Fiction
- Published : 2014 (This Edition 2015 - Canongate)
- ISBN : 9781782114086
- SKU : B002684
- PPC : SP450gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"Marked by the same bravura storytelling and precise language that made The Crimson Petal and the White such an international success, The Book of Strange New Things is extraordinary, mesmerizing, and replete with emotional complexity and genuine pathos." - Goodreads.
"This book is mesmerizing. I couldn't stop reading it. And when it was over I felt like I'd just finished something amazing . . ." - Goodreads Review.
“Michel Faber’s second masterpiece, quite different to The Crimson Petal and The White but every bit as luminescent and memorable. It is a portrait of a living, breathing relationship, frayed by distance. It is an enquiry into the mountains faith can move and the mountains faith can’t move. It is maniacally gripping" - David Mitchell.
”Magnificently bold and addictive . . . a book quite unlike any other I’ve read” - Edmund Gordon, Sunday Times.
“I can’t remember being so continually and unfailingly surprised by any book for a long time. I found it completely compelling and believable, and admired it enormously” - Philip Pullman.
The Author
Michel Faber has written nine books. The Book of Strange New Things, which was shortlisted for the Arthur C, Clarke Award and won the 2015 Saltire Book of the Year, and most recently Undying, his first poetry collection. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK.