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A Children's Bible
A Novel
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A Children's Bible
A brilliant, indelible novel of teenage alienation and adult complacency in a world whose climate and culture are unravelling.
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Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet's sublime new novel—her first since the National Book Award long-listed Sweet Lamb of Heaven—follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion.
Contemptuous of their parents, who pass their days in a stupor of liquor, drugs, and sex, the children feel neglected and suffocated at the same time. When a destructive storm descends on the summer estate, the group's ringleaders—including Eve, who narrates the story—decide to run away, leading the younger ones on a dangerous foray into the apocalyptic chaos outside.
As the scenes of devastation begin to mimic events in the dog-eared picture Bible carried around by her beloved little brother, Eve devotes herself to keeping him safe from harm.
A Children's Bible is a prophetic, heartbreaking story of generational divide—and a haunting vision of what awaits us on the far side of Revelation.
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Lydia Millet's A Children's Bible is celebrated for its powerful and timely narrative, set against the backdrop of environmental apocalypse. Critics praise its deft transition from a summer idyll to a dark exploration of generational divides amidst societal breakdown. The novel is characterised by its insightful satire on the obliviousness and destructiveness of adults, forcing a group of hyper-mature teens to navigate a world devoid of guidance, resonating strongly in light of contemporary global challenges. Its blend of humour, honesty, and urgency leaves a lasting impact, often described as simultaneously inevitable and magical.
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ISBN: 9781324005032
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 June 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 150.0mm
Height: 218.0mm
Weight: 350g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Lydia Millet is the author of A Children’s Bible, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top Ten book of the Year. Her first work of short fiction, Love in Infant Monkeys, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She lives outside Tucson, Arizona.
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