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Pub Date: 2014-05-06 Pages: 288 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins The Handmaid's Tale meets Watership Down in this brilliantly imagined debut Born into the lowest class of her society. Flora 717 is a sanitation bee. only fit to clean her. orchard hive. Living to accept. obey and serve. she is prepared to sacrifice everything for her beloved holy mother. the Queen. But Flora is not like other bees. Despite her ugliness she has talents that are not typical of her kin. While mutant bees are usually instantly destroyed. Flora is removed from sanitation duty and is allowed to feed the newborns. before becoming a forager. collecting pollen on the wing. She also finds her way into the Queen's inner sanctum. where she discovers secrets both sublime and ominous . But enemies are everywhere. from the fearsome fertility police to the high priestesses who jealously guard the Hi...
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‘”The Bees” is an extraordinary feat of imagination, conjuring the life of a beehive in gripping, passionate and brilliant detail. With every page I turned, I found myself drawn deeper into Flora's plight and her immersive, mesmerizing world.’ Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles
‘”The Bees” is one wild ride. A sensual, visceral mini-epic about timeless rituals and modern environmental disaster. Paull's heartpounding novel wrenches us into a new world.’ Emma Donoghue, author of Room
‘This is a rich, strange book, utterly convincing in its portrayal of the mindset of a bee and a hive. I finished it feeling I knew exactly how bees think and live. This is what sets us humans apart from other animals, that our imagination can allow us to create a complete, believable world so different from our own.’ Tracy Chevalier
This brilliantly imagined debut tells the story of Flora 717, a devout young worker bee who finds herself in possession of a deadly secret
Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive, where work and sacrifice are the highest virtues and worship of the beloved Queen the only religion. But Flora is not like other bees. With circumstances threatening the hive's survival, her curiosity is regarded as a dangerous flaw, but her courage and strength are assets. She is allowed to feed the newborns in the royal nursery and then to become a forager, flying alone and free to collect nectar and pollen. A feat of bravery grants her access to the Queen's inner sanctum, where she discovers mysteries about the hive that are both profound and ominous.
But when Flora breaks the most sacred law of all--daring to challenge the Queen's preeminence--enemies abound, from the fearsome fertility police who enforce the hive's strict social hierarchy to the high priestesses jealously wedded to power. Her deepest instincts to serve and sacrifice are now overshadowed by a greater power: a fierce maternal love that will bring her into conflict with her conscience, her heart, and her society--and lead her to perform unthinkable deeds.
Thrilling, suspenseful, and spectacularly imaginative, The Bees and its dazzling young heroine will forever change the way you look at the world outside your window.
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- PublisherEcco
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0062344226
- ISBN 13 9780062344229
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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