Continent (Art Of The Story)

Jim Crace’s imaginative first book, seven linked stories, now available in a deluxe paperback edition in Ecco’s The Art of the Story Series “Makes us see our own world more clearly . . . brilliant, provocative and delightful” --the New York Times Jim Crace’s internationally acclaimed first book explores the tribes and communities, conflicts and superstitions, flora and fauna of a wholly spellbinding place: an imaginary seventh continent. In these seven tales Crace travels a strange and wonderful landscape: “Talking Skull” takes the reader to a tiny agricultural village renowned for the sexually-charged, mystical milk of its calves; “Electricity” introduces a remote flatland region where a monumental ceiling fan changes an entire town’s attitude toward modernization. From the acacia scrub of the flatlands to a city bazaar jammed with vegetable stalls, tourists, and beggars, Crace’s invented world is as fabulous as it is eerily familiar.

• | Author: Jim Crace
• | Publisher: Eccopress
• | Publication Date: Jun 28, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0062662406
• | ISBN-13: 9780062662408