Ballards supercannes or tom mccarthys remainder or john. The pesthouse finds the author not just on his own best form, but arguably the best form any english writer has shown in the last couple of years spectator. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Jim crace has described the pesthouse as an unambiguously optimistic book. Jim crace, the pesthouse 2008 this novel portrays an america that has been more or less totally defeated by a plague. The pesthouse ebook by jim crace 9780307455581 rakuten. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the pesthouse. The pesthouse is jim craces most compelling novel to date. James crace born 1 march 1946 is an english writer and novelist.
A pest house, plague house, pesthouse or fever shed was a type of building used for persons afflicted with communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox or typhus. The pesthouse is set in a future america remote enough that technology has faded into history and become superfluous. With striking prose and a deep understanding of the american ethos, jim crace, one of our most consistently ambitious writers, creates in the pesthouse a masterful tale of the human drive to endure. Richard eder, the new york timesone will watch with eagerness, and bated breath, the progress of this strong, inventive, and above all courageous novelist.
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