Coma: Ltd EDN - Hardcover

Garland, Alex

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571223095 ISBN 13: 9780571223091

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2004

Synopsis

Carl is brutally assaulted in an underground train while protecting a young woman from a gang of thugs. Beaten unconscious he lies for days in a hospital bed - but appears to make a full recovery. On discharge from hospital Carl picks up the threads of his daily life, visiting friends, seeing his girlfriend - until he starts to notice strange leaps in time, distortions in his experience. Is he truly interacting with the outside world, or could he still be in the coma? So begins a dark psychological drama of the unconscious, a brilliant stylistic tour de force that raises profound questions about the boundary between the real and the imagined.

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Review:

"'The Coma is an unpaginated descent into a hall of mirrors, wherein the writer wants to play games with your head... it's a chilly mood piece - its shadowy tone redolent of Poe and Kafka (and its murky imaginative contours heightened by a series of dark woodcut illustrations by Garland's father)... a strange compelling ride into that realm where nothing is what it seems - and where night never really wakes up.' Douglas Kennedy, The Times 'It's a great story to read, but also a lovely visual object to possess.' Design Week 'Compelling and chilling... his father's illustrations heighten the oddness' Observer"

Book Description:

The Coma by Alex Garland is a gripping mystery and stylistic tour de force from the internationally known author of The Beach.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0571223095
• ISBN 13: 9780571223091
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168