Description du livre
The brilliant, haunting new novel from the author of the award-winning Mister Pip.A quiet, mysterious, unnamed woman has come from Africa on an impassioned quest. From the shoreline of Tunisia to the confusion of Berlin, she relies on strangers some generous, some exploitive to guide her passage, encountering love and betrayal in its many guises along the way. When the truth behind this spellbinding story is finally revealed, we are forced to revisit everything that has gone before.Praise for Mister Pip'One of the best books of the year.Poetic, heartbreaking, surprising.'- ISABEL ALLENDE'Rarely can any novel have combined charm, horror and uplift in quite such superabundance.'- THE INDEPENDENT'A brilliant narrative performance.'- NEW ZEALAND LISTENER