An infinite line where people live in tents, with only a few belongings and food rationed, ready to move at the least sign of movement. Winding through a barren landscape, the line slowly progresses toward an unknown destination. If you lose your place you are left behind and the consequences for those who try to skip are dire. Memories of a different world seem to have been lost: Is there really nothing else beyond the barren land?
-Chiara Liberio, Goodreads Review
Goodreads Reviews
Average Rating:
3.9 rating based on 208 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 1916291422
ISBN-13: 9781916291423
Goodreads: 57513458
Author(s): Publisher: Tramp Press
Published: 4/8/2021
Willard, his mother and his girlfriend Nyla have spent their entire lives in an endless journey where daily survival is dictated by the ultimate imperative: obey the rules, or you will lose your place in the Line. Everything changes the day Willards mother dies and he finds an incomprehensible book hidden among her few belongings... In its Beckettian sparseness, Line pushes the boundaries of speculative, high concept fiction. Deeply moving, it also touches on many of the pressing issues of our turbulent world: migration and the refugee crisis, big data and the erosion of democracy, climate change, colonialism, economic exploitation, social conformity and religious fanaticism. A stunning debut from a major new voice in Irish literature.
3.9 rating based on 208 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 1916291422
ISBN-13: 9781916291423
Goodreads: 57513458
Author(s): Publisher: Tramp Press
Published: 4/8/2021
Willard, his mother and his girlfriend Nyla have spent their entire lives in an endless journey where daily survival is dictated by the ultimate imperative: obey the rules, or you will lose your place in the Line. Everything changes the day Willards mother dies and he finds an incomprehensible book hidden among her few belongings... In its Beckettian sparseness, Line pushes the boundaries of speculative, high concept fiction. Deeply moving, it also touches on many of the pressing issues of our turbulent world: migration and the refugee crisis, big data and the erosion of democracy, climate change, colonialism, economic exploitation, social conformity and religious fanaticism. A stunning debut from a major new voice in Irish literature.
