Napalm in the Heart

Colm Tóibín, Alejandro Zambra, Nicole Flattery, Catherine Lacey, Carlos Fonseca, and Napalm in the Heart are all praised for their innovative and original writing. Colm Tóibín's novel is described as unforgettable, while Alejandro Zambra's punk novel is praised for its mysterious prose. Nicole Flattery's Pol Guasch is hailed as one of the best young writers, and Catherine Lacey's book is likened to traversing a dark forest and spotting fireflies. Carlos Fonseca's debut voice in international literature is described as radical and poetic, while Napalm in the Heart is praised for its poetic, provocative, artful, and singular work of literary fiction.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 04 July 2024
Publisher: Faber & Faber

Innovative and original, Colm Tóibín's Unforgettable is a novel that will stay with you long after you finish reading. Alejandro Zambra's punk novel, Pol Guasch, is a mysterious and beautiful work of prose. Nicole Flattery's Pol Guasch is one of the best young writers working today. Catherine Lacey's Reading this book is like traversing a dark forest and spotting, when night seemed to devour it all, the light of the fireflies as the glimmer of hope. Carlos Fonseca's The arrival of a blistering debut voice in international literature, and a radical work of literary fiction-poetic, provocative, artful and singular. In a deserted village, an unnamed young man waits for an opportunity to escape. Society has been militarized, the dead lie unburied, and thugs patrol the land. As he waits, he marks the days that pass and writes to his lover Boris, with whom he shares an animal desire. In a series of impassioned dispatches, Napalm in the Heart unearths what it means to survive when language and nature fail, to refuse to give up when everything is lost.

Weight: 370g
Dimension: 223 x 144 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571375257
Edition number: Main