Leave the World Behind
A Novel
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- 92,99 lei
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- 92,99 lei
Publisher Description
Now a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan Alam
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in Fiction
One of Barack Obama's Summer Reads
A Best Book of the Year From: The Washington Post * Time * NPR * Elle * Esquire * Kirkus * Library Journal * The Chicago Public Library * The New York Public Library * BookPage * The Globe and Mail * EW.com * The LA Times * USA Today * InStyle * The New Yorker * AARP * Publisher's Lunch * LitHub * Book Marks * Electric Literature * Brooklyn Based * The Boston Globe
A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.
From the bestselling author of Rich and Pretty comes a suspenseful and provocative novel keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones are forged—in moments of crisis.
Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older couple—it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But in this rural area—with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service—it’s hard to know what to believe.
Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple—and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This terrifying novel is impossible to put down, especially on a chilly night. Clay and Amanda take their family to a luxe vacation home in the Hamptons, expecting rest and relaxation. But when another couple arrives to claim their home, things turn ominous as it becomes clear that something terrible is happening in the outside world. Novelist Rumaan Alam (That Kind of Mother) has never done this kind of dystopian psychological horror before, but the dark turn suits him. He matches his tense plot with a wonderfully disorienting writing style. Alam’s unnamed omniscient narrator constantly breaks the fourth wall, addressing us directly with snarky asides about the characters’ inner thoughts, whether it’s Clay’s disgust around his kids’ fast-food-induced flatulence or Amanda’s casual racism. The potentially apocalyptic events unfolding a few miles away in Manhattan add to the sense of dread. Leave the World Behind is a page-turning, spine-chilling, and thought-provoking read.
