The Fish
A Love Reading Book Club Recommendation
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Fairlight Books
Published:6th Oct '22
Should be back in stock very soon
'Important and Unputdownable' —Fay Weldon
'Haunting' —London Standard
'There is a fish on the sand; I see it clearly. But it is not on its side, lying still. It is partly upright. It moves.'
It begins with the starfish – first on the beach in their thousands, then on the harbour wall, and finally one of them right there... on the kitchen window. Cathy and her wife Ephie have tried to adapt to the changing climate with good humour. They have given up on their vegetable patch and planted a paddy field instead. But a starfish on the window is unexpected.
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, expat Margaret is trying to cope with the changing climate, but her city of Kuala Lumpur is now beside the ocean and something isn't right in those murky depths. No one knows what is coming, but across the world, many know it is not right.
An impressive debut that delicately explores the impact of slowly unfolding climate disaster.
'Joanne Stubbs is a brilliant storyteller. Courageous, confident and intelligent, she explores the horrors of a fading planet in denial of its own guilt. Important and unputdownable' -Fay Weldon
'Stubbs skillfully captures the tension and uncertainty of living under a slowly unfolding disaster and the pressure it puts on relationships on the way to a masterful, bittersweet ending. Readers are sure to be drawn into this page-turning speculative tragedy' -Publishers Weekly
'Haunting' -Evening Standard
'Set in a vividly imagined, watery near future, where the boundaries between the inhabitants of land and sea are increasingly blurred, this debut novel is an original and powerful exploration of the devastation climate change wreaks on ordinary lives. The Fish is a wonderfully absorbing and skilful work by a highly talented writer' -Emma Timpany, author of Travelling in the Dark
'An impressive debut: beautifully written, immersive, prophetic, terrifying and wonderful. I could not put it down!' -Melanie Golding, author of The Replacement
'The Fish is a finely tuned, subliminal commentary on how good we are at ignoring the damage we inflict on our precious earth. The writing is slick, the world is bizarre, and the impending doom is palpable. Brilliant, clever, and important; READ IT!' -Karla Neblett, author of King of Rabbits
'A stirring, urgent, thought-provoking Love Reading Debut of the Month ' —Love Reading
ISBN: 9781914148194
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
256 pages