Fever Dream: Now a major Netflix film

by Samanta Schweblin

Megan McDowell (Translator)

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017

Tightly wound and full of dread, Fever Dream is a chilling tale of maternal love and environmental catastrophe, from an Argentinian literary star  

'The book I wish I had written' Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women and Animal

A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a remote Argentinian hospital. A boy named David sits beside her. 

She's not his mother. He's not her child.

At David's ever more insistent prompting, Amanda recounts a series of events from the apparently recent past, a conversation that opens a chest of horrors. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family.

A chilling tale of maternal anxiety and ecological menace, Fever Dream is a modern classic. Samanta Schweblin's unforgettable debut is a prescient warning about our manipulation of the natural world, and an unforgettable exercise in literary suspense. 

'A gloriously creepy fable' Guardian, 'Best Fiction of 2017'

  • ISBN10 1786070901
  • ISBN13 9781786070906
  • Publish Date 2 March 2017 (first published 10 January 2017)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 28 April 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oneworld Publications
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 160
  • Language English