Death Valley
von Melissa Broder
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Beschreibung
'Riotously original ... A triumph' NEW YORK TIMES
'A journey unlike any you've read before' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
'Her most profound book yet ... Surreal, hysterical and beguiling in every sense' GLAMOUR
The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.
A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow - for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike.
Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with a gash through its side that beckons like a familiar door. So she enters it. What awaits her inside this mystical succulent sets her on a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious and poignant.
This is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. This is Death Valley.
PRAISE FOR THE PISCES
'Of all the books that I read this summer I think this was my absolute favourite. It really blew me away' DOLLY ALDERTON
'Frank, provocative and brilliant' INDEPENDENT
'Hilarious, poignant, sexy. A brilliant story about why we crave connection and how to find ourselves' ELLE
'Laugh-out-loud funny' i
'A journey unlike any you've read before' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
'Her most profound book yet ... Surreal, hysterical and beguiling in every sense' GLAMOUR
The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.
A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow - for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike.
Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with a gash through its side that beckons like a familiar door. So she enters it. What awaits her inside this mystical succulent sets her on a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious and poignant.
This is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. This is Death Valley.
PRAISE FOR THE PISCES
'Of all the books that I read this summer I think this was my absolute favourite. It really blew me away' DOLLY ALDERTON
'Frank, provocative and brilliant' INDEPENDENT
'Hilarious, poignant, sexy. A brilliant story about why we crave connection and how to find ourselves' ELLE
'Laugh-out-loud funny' i
Buchinformationen
Haupt-Genre
Romane
Sub-Genre
Zeitgenössische Romane
Format
Taschenbuch
Seitenzahl
232
Preis
13.50 €
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Romantisch
Verstörend
Nachdenklich
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Herzerwärmend
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Sympathisch
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Beiträge
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Ein eigenwilliges Buch, das perfekt für mich war. Sehr bizarr und reflektiert geschrieben, ein bisschen witzig, manchmal auf eine schmerzhafte Art. Nicht für jeden, aber auf jeden Fall für manche 😄 frag mich aber nicht, für wen genau. Vielleicht für Menschen, die sich mit Trauer, Ängsten, Schmerz und Selbstzweifeln auf eine selbstironische Art mit vielen Metaphern/Halluzinationen(?) auseinandersetzen wollen?
4
Ein kurzweiliges Buch über Verlust, Trauer, Liebe und das Leben. Ich fand es sehr gut geschrieben und leicht zu lesen. Die Message war schön.
Eine Frau in der Wüste, findet einen magischen Kaktus. Wie ein Desert-survival Drogentrip mit Tiefe. Werde mir auch noch die anderen Bücher der Autorin anschauen :) liebe so weird-lit-fic Bücher.
Well….. I would like to say this was a soft dnf and I’ll give this book another shot but who am I kidding? I probably won’t. Kind of disappointed after I’ve enjoyed Melissa Broder‘s other books immensely. This wasn’t bad — it just wasn’t what I expected? I made it to around 70% but it just didn’t work for me.
Merkmale
2 Bewertungen
Stimmung
Traurig
Witzig
Gruselig
Erotisch
Spannend
Romantisch
Verstörend
Nachdenklich
Informativ
Herzerwärmend
Hauptfigur(en)
Sympathisch
Glaubwürdig
Entwickelnd
Vielschichtig
Handlungsgeschwindigkeit
Schnell0%
Langsam0%
Mittel100%
Variabel0%
Schreibstil
Einfach50%
Komplex0%
Mittel50%
Bildhaft (50%)Minimalistisch (50%)Außergewöhnlich (50%)
Beschreibung
'Riotously original ... A triumph' NEW YORK TIMES
'A journey unlike any you've read before' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
'Her most profound book yet ... Surreal, hysterical and beguiling in every sense' GLAMOUR
The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.
A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow - for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike.
Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with a gash through its side that beckons like a familiar door. So she enters it. What awaits her inside this mystical succulent sets her on a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious and poignant.
This is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. This is Death Valley.
PRAISE FOR THE PISCES
'Of all the books that I read this summer I think this was my absolute favourite. It really blew me away' DOLLY ALDERTON
'Frank, provocative and brilliant' INDEPENDENT
'Hilarious, poignant, sexy. A brilliant story about why we crave connection and how to find ourselves' ELLE
'Laugh-out-loud funny' i
'A journey unlike any you've read before' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
'Her most profound book yet ... Surreal, hysterical and beguiling in every sense' GLAMOUR
The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.
A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow - for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike.
Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with a gash through its side that beckons like a familiar door. So she enters it. What awaits her inside this mystical succulent sets her on a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious and poignant.
This is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. This is Death Valley.
PRAISE FOR THE PISCES
'Of all the books that I read this summer I think this was my absolute favourite. It really blew me away' DOLLY ALDERTON
'Frank, provocative and brilliant' INDEPENDENT
'Hilarious, poignant, sexy. A brilliant story about why we crave connection and how to find ourselves' ELLE
'Laugh-out-loud funny' i
Buchinformationen
Haupt-Genre
Romane
Sub-Genre
Zeitgenössische Romane
Format
Taschenbuch
Seitenzahl
232
Preis
13.50 €
Beiträge
4
Ein eigenwilliges Buch, das perfekt für mich war. Sehr bizarr und reflektiert geschrieben, ein bisschen witzig, manchmal auf eine schmerzhafte Art. Nicht für jeden, aber auf jeden Fall für manche 😄 frag mich aber nicht, für wen genau. Vielleicht für Menschen, die sich mit Trauer, Ängsten, Schmerz und Selbstzweifeln auf eine selbstironische Art mit vielen Metaphern/Halluzinationen(?) auseinandersetzen wollen?
4
Ein kurzweiliges Buch über Verlust, Trauer, Liebe und das Leben. Ich fand es sehr gut geschrieben und leicht zu lesen. Die Message war schön.
Eine Frau in der Wüste, findet einen magischen Kaktus. Wie ein Desert-survival Drogentrip mit Tiefe. Werde mir auch noch die anderen Bücher der Autorin anschauen :) liebe so weird-lit-fic Bücher.
Well….. I would like to say this was a soft dnf and I’ll give this book another shot but who am I kidding? I probably won’t. Kind of disappointed after I’ve enjoyed Melissa Broder‘s other books immensely. This wasn’t bad — it just wasn’t what I expected? I made it to around 70% but it just didn’t work for me.