From the Man Booker Prize-nominated author of Harvest. Alfred Bussey, known in his town for his music and songs, mourns the recent death of his wife and lives quietly in the large villa he has always called home. One evening, Bussey is attacked by a creature that disturbs the contents of his warehouse. He is convinced that what attacked him was not an animal, but a child, "innocent and wild," and his words intensify the rumors of an ancient tribe of people living in the forests around the town – and new confrontations: the town's poor, the wild beggars on its borders, must be dealt with. Once and for all. With lyrical and warm style, Jim Crace's "Melody" captures the few days that will see Bussey and the town he loves change irreversibly. This is a story about grief and aging, about fame and its loss, about love and music and the strange way myth permeates life. It is also a political novel – a cry to protect those we persecute. 'Melody ranks among his best [novels]… an ecological parable for modern times' - Guardian
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- Author
- Jim Crace
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishers
- Language
- English
- Type
- Classic Literature
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Dimensions
- 12.9x19.7 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781509841387
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- Books Adapted to TV Series / Movies
- No
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