Lidia Yuknavitch

Broschiertes Buch

Thrust

A Novel

Beschreibung

THRUST IS:
Epic. The New York Times
A triumph. Elle
Stunningly beautiful. The Daily Beast
Both of the moment and utterly timeless. Chicago Review of Books
A book to take in wide-eyed. Rebecca Makkai

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER BY TIME, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, ELLE, THE DAILY BEAST, BUSTLE, LITHUB, and GIZMODO

As rising waters and an encroaching police state endanger her life and family, a girl with the gifts of a "carrier" travels through water and time to rescue vulnerable figures from the margins of history

Lidia Yuknavitch has an unmatched gift for capturing stories of people on the margins vulnerable humans leading lives of challenge and transcendence. Now, Yuknavitch offers an imaginative masterpiece: the story of Laisv , a motherless girl from the late 21st century who is learning her power as a carrier, a person who can harness the power of meaningful objects to carry her through time. Sifting through the detritus of a fallen city known as the Brook, she discovers a talisman that will mysteriously connect her with a series of characters from the past two centuries: a French sculptor; a woman of the American underworld; a dictator's daughter; an accused murderer; and a squad of laborers at work on a national monument. Through intricately braided storylines, Laisv must dodge enforcement raids and find her way to the present day, and then, finally, to the early days of her imperfect country, to forge a connection that might save their lives--and their shared dream of freedom.

A dazzling novel of body, spirit, and survival, Thrust will leave no reader unchanged.

Autor

Lidia Yuknavitch is the nationally bestselling author of the novels The Book of Joan, The Small Backs of Children, and Dora: A Headcase, the story collection Verge, and the memoir The Chronology of Water. She is the recipient of two Oregon Book Awards and has been a finalist for the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and the PEN Center USA Creative Nonfiction Award. She lives in Portland, Oregon.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 96003896
• INT
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 151mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 385g
• ISBN-13: 9780593542156
• ISBN-10: 0593542150
• Artikelnr.: 63444771

Rezensionen

Advance praise for Thrust:

An epic fable [that] operates more like a poem. The New York Times

[The] most mind-blowing book about America I ve ever inhaled. . . . I read Thrust in a state of flustered fascination and finished longing to dream it again. Ron Charles, Washington Post

There s so much that feels deeply present about Yuknavitch s latest novel: the ever-expanding police state, lower Manhattan under water, and a woman on a mission to rescue other vulnerable women. Yuknavitch s words are incantations, and Thrust is a triumph. Elle

Thrust is the culmination of everything she has been writing toward, a blistering excoriation of power

structures that also honors the resilience of those who fight back. . . . It s a book that uses history and America as a jumping-off point to dissolve borders and boundaries. Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times

Moving and incisive. Time

[This] powerful, braided fable unites workers of the world across time and space and class to start conceiving of a better world. . . . Yuknavitch is firmly in control. Los Angeles Times

Complex, enthralling . . . page-turning . . An epic story of dystopia and hope, and ultimately about the power of storytelling. Sarah Neilson, Shondaland

A dizzily interlacing view of American history. New York

[A] forceful, fluid, erotic new novel. Boston Globe

A dazzling new novel that marks another imaginative feat in a career with no shortage of them. A lyrical and dexterous critique of a future America ravaged by climate change and surveillance, Thrust is both of the moment and utterly timeless. Chicago Review of Books

This weirdly wonderful [novel] on the surveillance state, climate change, and what it means to have agency as a woman in the world will throw your mind for a loop in the best way. Good Housekeeping

A stunningly beautiful novel about the power of storytelling to make sense of the world we are living in and the one we might just be barreling toward. The Daily Beast

[Yuknavitch] s world-building powers are in full force. LitHub

A complex novel of great imagination. . . profound, thought-provoking, and deeply beautiful. Shelf Awareness

Blistering and visionary . . . This is the author s best yet. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Thrust is kinky, queer, and razor sharp . . . a stunning novel about the future we might be able to create if we listen to voices we ve previously ignored . . . and about being willing to start again. Booklist (starred review)

Yuknavitch is interested in the way the bodies of immigrants, refugees, and marginalized people have been the fodder used to keep the American project going and her humane love for those same bodies shines. . . . Complex, ambitious, and unafraid to earnestly love and critique America and its most dearly held principles. Kirkus Reviews

Thrust is alarmingly trenchant and a hell of a wild ride. Daring, dazzling, and earth-splitting, this is a book to take in wide-eyed. Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers