Saltcrop
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- 139,00 kr
Publisher Description
From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky and The Stardust Grail comes the tender and gripping tale of two sisters who sail across oceans to find their missing third sister – and Earth’s environmental salvation.
'An absorbing, compelling tale of love, loyalty and danger' Guardian
'A deft and intimate family saga set against the backdrop of an utterly believable dystopian world' Elle
'An unforgettable novel that teems with big ideas and abundant heart' Michelle Min Sterling, New York Times bestselling author of Camp Zero
'A brilliant triumph and a heartfelt love letter' J.R. Dawson, award-winning author of The First Bright Thing
'Urgent and gorgeously written' Sarah Brooks, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
'Get a copy of Saltcrop for all the perpetually warring siblings you know' Vajra Chandrasekera, author of the Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus award-winning The Saint of Bright Doors
'Luminous, credible, and engrossing from beginning to end' Kirkus, starred review
'A tale that feels both intimate and expansive. It’s an impressive feat' Publishers Weekly, starred review
In Earth's near future, seas consume coastal cities and mutant fish lurk in their depths. Skipper, a skilled sailor and the youngest of three sisters, earns money skimming and reselling plastic from the ocean to care for her ailing grandmother.
Her eldest sister, Nora, left home in pursuit of a cure for failing crops all over the world. Now, she’s missing. When Skipper and her other sister, Carmen, receive a cryptic plea for help, they must put aside their differences and set out across the sea to save her.
But their voyage through a dying world both beautiful and strange brings them to question what dangerous attention did Nora attract, and how well do they really know their sister – or each other?
Thus begins an epic journey spanning oceans and continents and a wistful rumination on sisterhood, friendship, and ecological disaster.
About the author
Yume Kitasei is the author of The Deep Sky and The Stardust Grail. She is Japanese and American and grew up in a space between two cultures – the same space where her stories reside. She lives in Brooklyn with two cats, Boondoggle and Filibuster.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Kitasei (The Stardust Grail) demonstrates her range in this moving portrayal of sibling dynamics set in a disturbing near future. A devastating blight has decimated humanity's food supplies. In its wake, Skipper supports herself and her ailing grandmother by selling the plastic, metal, and glass waste she scavenges from a large offshore garbage patch. She becomes increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of her oldest sister, Nora, who got a job working for the massive agricultural company Renewal as a product tester and has been visiting less and less frequently. After hearing nothing from her for several months, Skipper gets a letter from one of Nora's colleagues informing her that Nora has not been seen for a while, and asking if she returned home. Skipper persuades her other sister, Carmen, a nurse, to sail with her across the largely flooded world in search of Nora. The stakes increase when the sisters learn that Nora was embroiled in corporate intrigue involving Renewal's high-security vault containing seeds "built to endure the end of civilization." Meanwhile, the close proximity of the voyage brings long dormant tensions between Skipper and Carmen to a head. Kitasei pays as much attention to her protagonist's nuanced inner life as to the page-turning apocalyptic plotline, creating a tale that feels both intimate and expansive. It's an impressive feat.
