Téa Obreht The Morningside (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The MorningsideCondition: NewISBN-10: 1399619896EAN: 9781399619899ISBN: 9781399619899Publisher: Weidenfeld & NicolsonFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/11/2024Description: There's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to The Morningside.The Morningside was once the jewel of Island City. But now the luxury high-rise is crumbling and Island City is half-underwater.The building's newest resident is an eleven-year-old girl, Silvia. Having arrived with only her mother, who is stubbornly secretive, Silvia knows little about the place they left behind. But her aunt, Ena, superintendent of the high-rise, delights in recounting the richly imaginative folktales of their demolished homeland to her little niece.Suddenly Silvia's world fills with magic and myths. Myths that seem to be coming true, when she encounters the mysterious inhabitant of the building's penthouse, Bezi Duras, and her three massive dogs that may or may not be humans in disguise . . .Consumed by curiosity, Silvia embarks on a mission to find out the truth about Bezi Duras, and her own haunted past.'Obreht has prodigious talent for storytelling' GUARDIAN'A tremendously talented writer' ANN PATCHETTLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 240mmItem Length: 156mmGenre: FictionTopic: Science FictionAuthor: Téa ObrehtItem Width: 32mmItem Weight: 517gSubtitle: Longlisted for the Climate Fiction PrizeRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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