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Book of Rain
Book of Rain | Thomas Wharton
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A groundbreaking, deeply affecting work of environmental literary suspense for fans of Cloud Atlas, The Overstory, and Station Eleven. The northern mining town of River Meadows is one of three hotspots in the world producing ghost ore, a new source of energy worth twenty-eight times its weight in gold. It's also linked with slippages of time and space that gradually render the area uninhabitable. After the town is evacuated, the whole region is cordoned off, the new no-go zone wryly nicknamed "the Park." Three intertwined stories flow from the disaster of River Meadows. Alex Hewitt and his sister, Amery, were among the first to be shipped out of the contaminated town. Now an accomplished game designer, Alex has moved on, but his sister has not, making increasingly dangerous break-ins to save animals trapped in the toxic wasteland. When at last she fails to return from a trip inside the fence, Alex flies to River Meadows to search for her, enlisting her friend, Michio Amano, a mathematician who needs to transcend the known laws of physics if he and Alex are to succeed. Claire Foley ran away from River Meadows as a teenager and now traffics in endangered wildlife. As Alex and Michio search for Amery, Claire arrives in an island nation under threat of environmental catastrophe to retrieve her greatest prize yet, only to find herself facing a life-altering choice. And, finally, in a future as distant as myth, a flock of birds sets out on a dangerous journey to prevent the extinction of their ancient enemy, humanity. The account they hand down is an Epic of Gilgamesh for our times, illuminating the wisdom of nature and our flawed stewardship of the planet. As sweeping in scope as a world of its own, The Book of Rain is a novel of epic reach, beautifully multi-layered, haunting and profound.
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tournevis
The Book of Rain | Thomas Wharton
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Finally (restarted and) finished this one. It's good. I had been worried because as much as The Logogryph is my favourite book of all time, I frankly hated his other novels. This one is very good. An end of the human world narrative, about a different kind of climate change. The narrative is as fractured as the world therein. Poetic and oneiric, the last third of the novel in recounted from the point of view of a bird, which is brilliantly done.

Lindy I‘ve had this on my shelf since it was published. Your review is making me move it up in priority. 👍 4mo
tournevis @Lindy Sorry I missed your comment. I was on vacation. I really liked this book. Just on the right side of strange with just the right amount of Atlantis. Recommended 4mo
Lindy @tournevis 😊👍 3mo
tournevis @Lindy 🖖 3mo
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DeweysReadathon
The Book of Rain | Thomas Wharton
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We‘re midway through Hour 4! How‘s the Reverse Readathon treating you so far? It‘s bedtime in my part of the world, but I‘ll be up a while longer with THE BOOK OF RAIN by Thomas Wharton and at least one of the comics from my stack! #deweyjuly #deweysrr2023

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tournevis
Book of Rain | Thomas Wharton
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Waiting for the session with Jaroslav Kaflar, who I do not know at all, and Thomas Wharton, who wrote my favourite book of all time, The Logogryph. He will he talking about his latest book, tagged, which I am enjoying so far. I will note Wharton also wrote one of the books I have hated to most in my life, so I can say with confidence he stirs my feelings somewhat. Talking about the end of the world.

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