num_pages: 224
description: An electrifying novel of mortality passion and human connection set against the backdrop of a deadly global virus--from the astonishing miraculous (Daisy Johnson) Man Booker-nominated writer.You were the last one here before I closed the door of Burntcoat. Before we all closed our doors...In an unnamed British city the virus is spreading and like everyone else the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness retreats inside. She isolates herself in her immense studio Burntcoat with Halit the lover she barely knows. As life outside changes irreparably inside Burntcoat Edith and Halit find themselves changed as well: by the histories and responsibilities each carries and bears by the fears and dangers of the world outside and by the progressions of their new relationship. And Burntcoat will be transformed too into a new and feverish world a place in which Edith comes to an understanding of how we survive the impossible--and what is left after we have.A sharp and stunning novel of art and ambition mortality and connection Burntcoat is a major work from one of our most influential short story writers (Guardian). It is an intimate and vital examination of how and why we create--make art form relationships build a life--and an urgent exploration of an unprecedented crisis the repercussions of which are still years in the learning.
language: English
title: Burntcoat
publisher: Custom House