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The End of the Ocean, Maja Lunde
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2021
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- Titel
- The End of the Ocean
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Maja Lunde
- Uitgever
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2021
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 416
- ISBN10
- 1471175545
- ISBN13
- 9781471175541
- Reeks
- Het Klimaatkwartet
- Tags
- Fictie, Natuur, Fantasy, Avontuur, Science-fiction, Familie, Hedendaagse literatuur, Frankrijk, Ecologische thematiek, Cadeaus voor Mannen, Dystopie, Ontsnapping, Zeeën en oceanen, Toekomst, Noorwegen, Zeevaart, Water, Noorse literatuur, Zeilen, Vluchtelingenkampen
- Eerste editie
- 2017
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Blå
- Beoordeling
- 3,85 van 5
- Aantekening
- From the author of the number one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating new novel about the threat of a worldwide water shortage as seen through the eyes of a father and daughter. 'The story of a present-day Norwegian eco-campaigner alternates with that of a French family in the overheated future. They are in a camp for refugees from eco-disaster - but it's not all doom and gloom. They find friendship, love and an unexpected gift from the past' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail 2019: seventy-year-old Signe sets out on a hazardous voyage to cross an entire ocean in only a sailboat. She is haunted by the loss of the love of her life, and is driven by a singular and all-consuming mission to make it back to him. 2041: David flees with his young daughter, Lou, from a war-torn Southern Europe plagued by drought. They are on a desperate search to reunite with their family when they find Signe's abandoned sailboat in a parched French garden, miles away from the nearest shore. As David and Lou discover personal effects from Signe's travels, their journey of survival and hope weaves together with Signe's, forming a heartbreaking, inspiring story about the power of nature and the human spirit.