The Mermaid of Black Conch
A novel from the Vintage Earth collection
$23.62
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2022
Summary
VINTAGE EARTH - A series of transformative novels with the environment at their heart.
“His stomach trembled with desire and fear and wonder because he knew what he’d seen. A woman. Right there, in the water.”
Near the island of Black Conch, a fisherman sings to himself while waiting for a catch. But David attracts a sea-dweller that he never expected - Aycayia, an innocent young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid.
When American tourists capture Aycayia…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784878023 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784878022 |
| Author: | Monique Roffey |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 183g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Vintage Earth |
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Critics Review
[A] beautiful book… Roffey’s writing is lyrical and filled with magic, but there is plenty of bittersweet realism to ground it
Bighearted … Sentence by sensuous sentence, Roffey builds a verdant, complicated world that it is a pleasure to live inside … A fairy tale. But it is a ghost story too * New York Times *
[A] beautiful book… Roffey’s writing is lyrical and filled with magic, but there is plenty of bittersweet realism to ground it – Sophie Dahl * Daily Mail *
A very beautiful, haunting book * Stage *
An entrancing read * Simple Things, Summer Reads of 2024 *
About The Author
Monique Roffey
Monique Roffey was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and lives in London. She is the author of seven novels and a memoir. The Mermaid of Black Conch won the Costa Book of the Year and the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Goldsmiths Prize. Her other highly acclaimed books include Archipelago, which won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle and House of Ashes. In addition to her work as an environmental activist, she is a professor of contemporary fiction at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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