Of Beasts and Beings - Softcover

Holding, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847378234 ISBN 13: 9781847378231

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Militia seize an innocent captive and subject him to a nightmarish overland journey that feels as though it will never end. Meanwhile, a lonely white schoolteacher wrestles personal demons whilst attempting to overcome the everyday difficulties of a life in which power cuts last for months at a time, homes are left without running water, brawls break out over even the most basic necessities and an atmosphere of fear and intimidation presides. Which of them is in the gravest danger, and does either have the power to escape their fate? In this highly original, searing and timely new novel, we witness the devastating effects of a country's economic and moral collapse. In a world where greed, barbarism, anarchy and lawlessness are rife, how do the honest survive? Is it possible to keep a conscience when all those around you have lost theirs?

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Review

"An ending as audacious as it is surprising." — Daily Mail (UK)

"An ending as audacious as it is surprising."

""Of Beasts and Beings" is a thought-provoking study of the dehumanizing effects of racial violence and oppression."--The Guardian

"An ending as audacious as it is surprising."--Daily Mail (UK)

"Zimbabwean writer Holding (Unfeeling) delivers another powerful tale of guilt and responsibility set in a dystopian Africa.... Holding cleverly implicates the reader in the discrimination and dehumanization that has taken place in his abstract tale, casting us as collaborators in the tragedies playing out across Africa."--- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"At once merciless, poetic, and beautiful, Ian Holding's "Of Beasts and Beings," is a postmodern elegy I won't soon forget." -- Alice Sebold
""Of Beasts and Beings" is a thought-provoking study of the dehumanizing effects of racial violence and oppression." -- The Guardian
"An ending as audacious as it is surprising." -- Daily Mail (UK)
"Zimbabwean writer Holding (Unfeeling) delivers another powerful tale of guilt and responsibility set in a dystopian Africa.... Holding cleverly implicates the reader in the discrimination and dehumanization that has taken place in his abstract tale, casting us as collaborators in the tragedies playing out across Africa." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Praise for Of Beasts and Beings
-Merciless, poetic, and beautiful... A postmodern elegy I won't soon forget.-
--Alice Sebold

-Of Beasts and Beings is a thought-provoking study of the dehumanizing effects of racial violence and oppression.-
--The Guardian

-An ending as audacious as it is surprising.-
--Daily Mail (UK)
-A memorable and original novel.-
--The Independent

-Zimbabwean writer Holding delivers another powerful tale of guilt and responsibility set in a dystopian Africa.... Holding cleverly implicates the reader in the discrimination and dehumanization that has taken place in his abstract tale, casting us as collaborators in the tragedies playing out across Africa.-
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Praise for Of Beasts and Beings

"Merciless, poetic, and beautiful... A postmodern elegy I won't soon forget."
--Alice Sebold

"Of Beasts and Beings is a thought-provoking study of the dehumanizing effects of racial violence and oppression."
--The Guardian

"An ending as audacious as it is surprising."
--Daily Mail (UK)

"A memorable and original novel."
--The Independent

"Zimbabwean writer Holding delivers another powerful tale of guilt and responsibility set in a dystopian Africa.... Holding cleverly implicates the reader in the discrimination and dehumanization that has taken place in his abstract tale, casting us as collaborators in the tragedies playing out across Africa."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847378234
• ISBN 13: 9781847378231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240