Ioanna Bourazopoulou
Autor de What Lot's Wife Saw
Sobre El Autor
Ioanna Bourazopoulou was born in Athens in 1968 and writes novels and plays. What Lot¿s Wife Saw won the prestigious 2007 Athens Prize for Literature and this is the first time her work has been brought to a new audience in English.
Obras de Ioanna Bourazopoulou
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Miembros
- 42
- Popularidad
- #357,757
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 7
- Idiomas
- 2
And yes, i enjoyed it totally again.
It's a rather strange book dealing with authoritarian rulers and their lackeys, but what happens if the lackeys decide to do something unexpected?
Set in a colony on where the Dead Sea used to be before it overflowed and flooded all the Mediterranean's surrounding countries. The colony now mines the special, addictive, purple salt that was sealed down beneath the ground and sells it to the rest of the world.
The authoritarian 75, based in Paris, own the colony and have a global monopoly on the salt it produces. They have sealed it off from the outside world and only keep in contact with the governor via a green box delivered by a special ship. the governor, in turn, instructs his 6 lackeys to do his bidding.
And then, one night, things all change. The governor's 6 lackeys send 6 letters to the 75 explaining what happened and they in turn bring in Phileas Book, a constructor of strange crosswords for The Times to decipher the chaotic letters and to work out what the truth is and what really happened in the colony.
It's a really strange story and quite unlike anything else i've read, but it is totally enjoyable and has a great ending.
Bye for now.… (más)