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A Girl Called Eel

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

A Girl Called Eel

By Ali Zamir

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About the book

Anguille is a 17-year-old girl who leaves her rock on the archipelago of Comoros to lose herself at sea. She drifts between two states of mind and between two islands 'in a hollow maze', evoking her memories so as to forget nothing and so as to delay the inevitable outcome. Confronted with the pressing immediacy of imminent death, Anguille recounts the story of her whole life in one long, sustained breath, in a series of brief couplets. A story told in a single sentence, 'A Girl Called Eel' is a...Show more

Science fiction: space opera
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages

Book details

ISBN

9781909762817

Publisher

Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd

Published year

2019

Language

Edition

1

Original title

A Girl Called Eel

Format

Paperback

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