Out in the open
Subtitle: a novel
By: Jesús Carrasco ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa
Contributors: Costa, Margaret Jull, translator
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781594634369
Subjects: Boys; Runaway children; Fiction
Work titles: Intemperie
Description: "A searing dystopian vision of a young boy's flight through an unnamed, savaged country, searching for sanctuary and redemption--from one of Europe's bestselling literary stars. A young boy has fled his home. He's pursued by dangerous forces. What lies before him is an infinite, arid plain, one he must cross in order to escape those from whom he's fleeing. One night on the road, he meets an old goatherd, a man who lives simply but righteously, and from that moment on, their paths intertwine. Out in the Open tells the story of this journey through a drought-stricken country ruled by violence. A world where names and dates don't matter, where morals have drained away with the water. In this landscape the boy--not yet a lost cause--has the chance to choose hope and bravery, or to live forever mired in the cycle of violence in which he was raised. Carrasco has masterfully created a high stakes world, a dystopian tale of life and death, right and wrong, terror and salvation"--
Notes: Translation from the Spanish of: Intemperie.