The opposite of a person
Marsman, Lieke2022
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When Ida, a Dutch climatologist, accepts an internship at a climate research institute in the Italian Alps, it means leaving her girlfriend Robin behind in Amsterdam. As she and her new colleagues prepare to demolish a decommissioned hydropower dam, Ida finds herself grappling with love, loneliness and her place in a society unwilling to confront global warming. An unflinchingly honest narrative of vulnerability, longing and introspection is disrupted by essays and poems, creating an incisive, witty and devastatingly smart portrait of how we live now. Distilling all our contemporary fears, Marsman examines what we must face head on if we - individuals, humanity, the world - are to survive. And she asks us: if we are to survive, what is our impetus? For what are we fighting?
Main title:
The opposite of a person / Lieke Marsman ; translated by Sophie Collins.
Author:
Marsman, Lieke, authorCollins, Sophie (Poet), translator
Imprint:
London : Daunt Books Originals, 2022.
Collation:
235 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Dutch.
ISBN:
9781914198106 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
839.3137
Language:
EnglishDutch
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BRN:
711802
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twickenham Library | Adult fiction | Available |