Jim Crace's acclaimed debut novel explores an imaginary seventh continent, subtly different from any in the world we know. Its landscapes, wildlife, customs and communities are alien, even frightening - but the continent's inhabitants are nonetheless disarmingly familiar, known to us through their loves, their hopes, and their struggles to make sense of life.
On its first publication over twenty years ago, this captivating novel marked the arrival of one of the most imaginative minds at work: a writer capable of transporting his readers to a strange and wonderful landscape while revealing the humanity within the mirage.
'Continent invites - and sustains - comparison with Borges' David Lodge
'A remarkable first novel' John Fowles
- ISBN10 0330473786
- ISBN13 9780330473781
- Publish Date 2 January 2014 (first published 29 September 1986)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Picador
- Format eBook
- Language English