In ’n land sonder voëls

Fifteen years ago the country gave up its democracy to the Corporation, which has since privatised politics itself. With a warmer, wetter climate, it now takes in Americans and Canadians escaping the cold, and the order and prosperity on show hide a deep misery; even the birds are gone. Adam Burger, whose eyes are failing him, has lost his daughter Jemima and his wife Sybille, and keeps speaking to Sybille, wondering whether the two of them remember things alike. In three parts, the story circles between dreams and memories, flight and escape, with art, music and faith as guides, and a man called Moses among the few who help. Ageing, the failing body, fear and mourning sit at its heart.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Speculative, Politics (assigned by AI)

First published

2019 by Penguin Books

Author's age

63 when first published

ISBN

9781485904014 (original)