Book description
Jim Crace's acclaimed debut novel explores an imaginary seventh
continent, subtly different from any in the world we know. Its
landscapes, wildlife, customs and communities are alien, even
frightening - but the continent's inhabitants are nonetheless
disarmingly familiar, known to us through their loves, their hopes, and
their struggles to make sense of life. On its first publication over
twenty years ago, this captivating novel marked the arrival of one of
the most imaginative minds at work: a writer capable of transporting his
readers to a strange and wonderful landscape while revealing the
humanity within the mirage. 'Continent invites - and sustains -
comparison with Borges' David Lodge 'A remarkable first novel' John
Fowles
Jim Crace is the author of Continent, The Gift of Stones, Arcadia,
Signals of Distress, Quarantine (1998 Whitbread Novel of the Year;
shortlisted for the Booker Prize), Being Dead (2001 National Book
Critics' Circle Award), The Devil's Larder, Six and The Pesthouse. His
novels have been translated into twenty-six languages. In 1999 Jim
Crace was elected to the Royal Society of Literature.
