Cold Skin - Hardcover

Pinol, Albert Sanchez; Morgan, Cheryl Leah; Sanchez, Albert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374182396 ISBN 13: 9780374182397

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2005

Synopsis

In a novel about isolation and loneliness, a young man heads for the Antarctic circle soon after World War I in search of solitude as a weather official, but his frozen solitude will be broken by a mysterious castaway.

About this title

Review:

"A troubling, hammering and glorious novel" (DAVID MITCHELL)

"Thrillingly vivid . . . Sánchez Piñol creates a struggle for survival that is, at the same time, a meditation on humanity" (The Times)

"Beguiling . . . Piñol's dark tale lingers long after the shivers running down the spine have ceased" (The Scotsman)

"A creepily compelling debut from this Barcelona-based author that reads like a sinister version of a Boy's Own survival adventure" (Financial Times)

"Remarkable . . . An addictive and unsettling read" (ALAN WARNER)

"A great, creepy, tender read" (YANN MARTEL)

"Superbly controlled and creepy . . . Akin to Lord of the Flies or Heart of Darkness rewritten as pulp-horror schlock" (The Independent on Sunday)

"Astonishing . . . There is something of Edgar Allan Poe . . . In general, however, Cold Skin would appear to be an example of that rare thing: an original story which emerged, immaculately and unexpectedly, from its author's subconscious" (Times Literary Supplemant)

"Brilliantly suspenseful" (Spectator)

Book Description:

This creepy, paranoid and thrilling novel has become an international bestseller and cult classic

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0374182396
• ISBN 13: 9780374182397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 182