Whether Violent or Natural

Natasha Calder's Whether Violent or Natural is an unnerving, sinister, and brilliant dystopian novel about the choices...
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Author: Natasha Calder
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Language: English
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Whether Violent or Natural by Calder, Natasha

Whether Violent or Natural

€35,48

Whether Violent or Natural

€35,48
Author: Natasha Calder
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Natasha Calder's Whether Violent or Natural is an unnerving, sinister, and brilliant dystopian novel about the choices we make at the end of the world, posing the question: Who can you trust when there's almost no one left?

Years after complete antibiotic resistance has brought about global devastation, Kit ekes out an existence on a remote island alongside the taciturn Crevan, who has more recently fled the mainland. With once-curable diseases running riot, desperate measures are in place there: those not yet infected are given experimental vaccines, and those for whom it's already too late are culled. But Kit and Crevan are safe, protected on their island by a collapsing castle that holds a greenhouse and a well-stocked bunker within its ruins.

When a woman washes ashore--near drowned but clinging to life--the question of her fate threatens the fragile balance of Kit and Crevan's isolated world. While Crevan wants to keep her alive, Kit isn't so sure. And there's more to wrestle with: Kit and Crevan each have secrets--secrets they have been keeping both from each other and from themselves. As the crisis brought about by the drowned woman's appearance consumes them, the fictions of their shared existence crumble, and the truth begins to emerge.

Whether Violent or Natural is a startlingly original and thrilling novel for readers of Susanna Clarke's Piranesi, Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven. In the tenseness of its plotting, the gradual unfolding of truth, and in the strange and gripping intensity of its narrator's voice, Whether Violent or Natural is an intelligent, unputdownable novel that welcomes a huge new talent to the genre.

Author: Natasha Calder
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 06/27/2023
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781419764660


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2023 pg. 125
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2023

About the Author
Natasha Calder earned her degree in English from Trinity College Dublin and her master's in medieval literature from Cambridge University. Her work has appeared in The Stinging Fly, Lackington's, and Curiosities, among others, and she is coauthor of The Offset by Calder Szewczak. She is based in the UK. Whether Violent or Natural is her first solo novel.

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