PublishedFaber & Faber, July 2023 |
ISBN9780571379156 |
FormatSoftcover, 144 pages |
Dimensions19.6cm × 13cm × 1.5cm |
Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer, welcome to a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic 1967 dystopia ...
'Chilling and prescient.' - Andrew Hunter Murray
'Elemental and true.' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
'Mesmerizing ... Terrifyingly real.' - Sandra Newman
'Like someone from the future screaming to us.' - Salena Godden
The day we came up from the shelters four people were found dead on the steps of the hotel.
Welcome to Termush: a luxury coastal resort like no other. All the wealthy guests are survivors: preppers who reserved rooms long before the Disaster. Inside, they embrace exclusive radiation shelters, ambient music and lavish provisions; outside, radioactive dust falls on the sculpture park, security men step over dead birds, and a reconnaissance party embarks. Despite weathering a nuclear apocalypse, their problems are only just beginning. Soon, the Management begins censoring news; disruptive guests are sedated; initial generosity towards Strangers ceases as fears of contamination and limited resources grow. But as the numbers - and desperation - of external survivors increase, they must decide what it means to forge a new moral code at the end (or beginning?) of the world ...Translated by Sylvia Clayton
A true bookworm, Steph has been working in bookshops for over 5 years! A keen student of history and current affairs, she is always up to date with new non-fiction releases. Ultimately though her heart lies with fiction. From Modern Literature to the occasional Sci-fi and Fantasy, Steph always has a long list of recommendations to offer.
A group of wealthy apocalypse survivors are nurtured away from the devastated outside world inside a luxury resort. What ensures throughout Termush is a series of events that question human nature, authority, law, and morality through the perspective of an anonymous narrator who is both incredibly critical and yet somehow seemingly unreliable. As an 100 page novella, Termush is close to faultless.
