A permanently frozen London is the setting for Roma Tearne’s ‘thoughtful exploration’ [The Guardian] of survival in a dystopian near-future.
‘Tearne reminds us that, woven into London’s cosmopolitanism, are memories of places to which individuals can never return’ Brixton Review of Books
A permanently frozen London is the setting for this harrowing yet lyrical tale of survival in a dystopian near-future. Through endless years of glacial winter, artist Hera has known loss. Her one comfort has been her relationship with Raphael. As the thaw begins, can she track down her elusive lover?
عن المؤلف
Roma Tearne is a Sri Lankan-born, Oxford-based artist, film-maker and writer. She trained as a painter, completing her MA at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford.
Her debut novel, Mosquito, was shortlisted for the 2007 Costa Book Awards First Novel prize. The Swimmer was longlisted for the Orange Prize in 2011 and Asian Man Booker in 2012.
Roma Tearne was recently writer-in-residence at the Imperial War Museum.
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