by Jim Crace · Nan A. Talese · tapa dura · ISBN 9780385520751
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«The Pesthouse» is Jim Crace's post-apocalyptic novel, published by Nan A. Talese in hardcover (255 pages, in English).
In the novel, a future United States where machines have stopped and there is no government experiences a mass migration eastward, hoping to sail to Europe. Franklin, delayed by an injury, finds Margaret, ill and confined in the pesthouse; together they travel through a ruined country among bandits and religious communities.
First edition published on May 1, 2007. The cover features the subtitle «A Novel» and the mention «Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award».
For readers of post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction who value character development and the relationship between characters over action.
James Crace is an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999, Crace was born in Hertfordshire and has lectured at the University of Texas at Austin. His novels have been translated into 28 languages—including Norwegian, Japanese, Portuguese and Hebrew.
