The White Desert
Luis López Carrasco author Rosalind Harvey translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Granta Books
Publishing:4th Jun '26
£14.99
This title is due to be published on 4th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The story of a millennial couple facing life on an increasingly fragile planet, and a stirring reflection on our place in the cosmos - for fans of Martin MacInnes and Olga Ravn.
With life on earth fading to a whisper, Carlos and Aitana are faced with a decision, monumental and world-altering, about what they are prepared to sacrifice to cleave to life. While in the margins of their story there slowly forms a portrait of what life looks like after earth - of our shared fate among the stars.
Gorgeous, gripping, and totally original, The White Desert is a book of connection and loss against a backdrop of quiet catastrophe. I was captivated as its full force crept up on me, and by the end I was deeply moved -- Elvia Wilk
A novel of fractured voices and fragile connections and shockingly persistent life. Existential dread atomises itself over everything - like a parlour game you didn't know you were playing. I loved it -- Ben Pester
Limpid, striking and astute, The White Desert hums with urgency and ideas -- Chloe Aridjis
Imagines a very near future in which - without nostalgia, but in a beautiful melancholic tone - we haven't forgotten who we were and who we are... A formally daring, fun, endearing, witty, stimulating novel -- Juan Pablo Villalobos
A novel of fractured voices and fragile connections and shockingly persistent life. Existential dread atomises itself over everything - like a parlour game you didn't know you were playing. I loved it -- Ben Pester
Limpid, striking and astute, The White Desert hums with urgency and ideas -- Chloe Aridjis
ISBN: 9781803511771
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
192 pages