Nikki Gemmell – Shiver (retail) (epub)
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Name: Nikki Gemmell – Shiver (retail) (epub)
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Title: Shiver
Author: Nikki Gemmell
Language: English
Year: 2019
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Publisher: 4th Estate
ISBN: N/A
Total pages: N/A
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The heartbreaking and beautiful original debut novel from the now-acclaimed Australian writer, Nikki Gemmell.
I can catalogue Antarctica by touch. The touch of air sucked dry on my cheek, the fur of a day-old seal pup, the touch of an iceberg, a blizzard, a lover, the touch of sweat at minus twenty-three, of a camera stuck to the skin on my face, of cold like glass cutting into my skin, of a snowflake, of a dead man, of a doctor’s fingers on my inner thigh, of a tongue on my eye.
Shiver tells the story of Fin, a young woman who gets the chance of a lifetime to go to Antarctica. Surrounded by the cruel beauty of the last great wilderness on earth, she finds herself transfixed by the power of the land. Travelling and living with a close-knit and idiosyncratic team, Fin learns the rules and taboos of community life in Antarctica, and then promptly breaks the strictest taboo of all – she falls in love. The consequences are shattering.
Lyrical, haunting and…
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