Line
Published on 8. April 2020
184 pages
978-1-9162914-3-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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- Intro
- Part 1: A Rationale for Change
- Part 2: On the Power of Waiting
- Part 3: An Elegant Solution
- TITLE PAGE
- DEDICATION
- EPIGRAPH
- I
- MORNING
- DRESSING
- THE TENT
- WATER
- LATRINES
- SMOKING
- MR HUMMEL
- SCHOOL
- NYLA
- STICKS
- TRUDGING
- THE YOUNG WOMAN
- RATIONS
- THE RUMOUR
- MOUNTAINS
- THE THIEF
- THE MONSTER
- THE TOWN
- THE DISCOVERY
- THE BOOK
- THE CEREMONY
- LEAVING
- II
- TREKKING
- THE CONFESSION
- FLINT
- THE WARDEN
- THE NAME
- THE SECRET
- THE THING
- III
- WELCOME TO THE CORPORATION
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF MODERN DATA FINANCE
- IV
- THE RIVER
- THE GATES
- THE MOLES
- THE NOTE
- NIGHT
- THE FOG
- THE ATTACK
- V
- THE LINE
- VI
- THE MANAGER
- THE CABLE-CAR
