'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .'
Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land, a place where the locals are hungry for the teachings of the Bible - his 'book of strange new things'. It is a quest that will challenge Peter's beliefs, his understanding of the limits of the human body and, most of all, his love for Bea.
The Book of Strange New Things is a wildly original tale of adventure, faith and the ties that might hold two people together when they are worlds apart. This momentous novel, Faber's first since The Crimson Petal and the White, sees him at his expectation-defying best.
WINNER OF THE SALTIRE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4
I'm distraught. This book is so beautifully written, but I found the ending very unsatisfying. Still, everything that led up to it was wonderfully creative so I'm going to just try to forgive that. I don't think I would recommend this book to everyone because parts of it are very emotionally difficult to read, and the subject matter doesn't seem like something that would be universally appealing (I could be wrong on this, I can of course only speak to the life experiences I personally brought to this book). And if you like books with closure, this maybe isn't for you. But at this point in my life, there was a lot in here that I could relate to, and I loved it for that.
edit: Never mind. It's perfect and I wouldn't change anything. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/arts/michel-faber-plans-to-stop-writing-novels.html?_r=0
