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Fever Dream

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017Tightly wound and full of dread, Fever Dream is a chilling tale of maternal love and environmental catastrophe, from an Argentinian literary star 'The book I wish I had written' Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women and AnimalA young woman named Amanda lies dying in a remote Argentinian hospital. A boy named David sits beside her. She's not his mother. He's not her child.At David's ever more insistent prompting, Amanda recounts a series of events from the apparently recent past, a conversation that opens a chest of horrors. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family.A chilling tale of maternal anxiety and ecological menace, Fever Dream is a modern classic. Samanta Schweblin's unforgettable debut is a prescient warning about our manipulation of the natural world, and an unforgettable exercise in literary suspense. 'A gloriously creepy fable' Guardian, 'Best Fiction of 2017'

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ISBN9781786072382
PublisherOneworld Publications
Publication Date10/05/17
Pages151

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    2nd read: What a mindfuck. This time it was even more disorienting and oppressive. The loss of control that the protagonist experiences on the plot level is also experienced by the reader, because the text constantly shifts between different time and narrative layers. I think I'll have to read it a third time to really collect my thoughts and basically just understand it. This book is really nasty. 1st read: Incredible. I have never in my life read something like that, and I’m still not even sure what I just read. When I finished this book, I just sat on my bed for minutes and stared perplexed into nowhere with a multitude of obscure feelings.

    Sep 27, 2025

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