Name: The Migrations: Charlotte Mcconaghy
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Author: Charlotte McConaghy
ISBN: 9781529111866

portada The Migrations: Charlotte Mcconaghy

Type

Physical Book

Author

Charlotte McConaghy

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781529111866

Edition No.

The Migrations: Charlotte Mcconaghy

Charlotte McConaghy (Author) · Vintage · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Migrations: Charlotte Mcconaghy "

'An extraordinary novel... as beautiful and as wrenching as anything I've ever read' Emily St. John MandelA dark past. An impossible journey. The will to survive.Franny Stone is determined to go to the end of the earth, following the last of the Arctic terns on what may be their final migration to Antarctica.As animal populations plummet, Franny talks her way onto one of the few remaining boats heading south. But as she and the eccentric crew travel further from shore and safety, the dark secrets of Franny's life begin to unspool.Haunted by love and violence, Franny must confront what she is really running towards - and from.From the west coast of Ireland to Australia and remote Greenland, this is an ode to the wild places and creatures now threatened, and an epic, moving story of the possibility of hope against all odds.______________READERS LOVE MIGRATIONS:'Wrenchingly beautiful''Visceral, heart-breaking''Simply phenomenal''Raw and gripping''Riveting''Here's your next favourite''A story...about love, passion, wandering'*Previously published as The Last Migration*

Charlotte McConaghy

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Charlotte McConaghy (1988) es una novelista australiana cuya obra se mueve con soltura entre la ficción literaria y el nature writing, con un pulso narrativo que combina tensión emocional y conciencia ecológica. Nacida en Australia y criada en distintos países, esa vida nómada se filtra en sus historias, donde los paisajes extremos no son decorado sino motor del conflicto. Su prosa es contenida, directa y muy visual, con personajes marcados por la pérdida, el silencio y una relación ambigua —a veces brutal— con la naturaleza.

Es autora de novelas ampliamente reconocidas como Migrations (publicada también como The Last Migration), Once There Were Wolves y Wild Dark Shore, todas verificablemente suyas. En ellas explora temas como el colapso ambiental, la culpa, el duelo y la supervivencia, sin caer en el panfleto ni en el melodrama. McConaghy escribe como quien camina sobre hielo fino: con precisión, riesgo y una intensidad que no pide permiso.

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