A Children’s Bible
- Schrijfster: Lydia Millet (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: Amerikaanse roman
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: W.W. Norton & Company
- Verschenen: 12 mei 2020
- Omvang: 240 pagina’s
- Uitgave: Gebonden Boek / Ebook
Flaptekst van de nieuwe roman van Lydia Millet
Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet’s sublime new novel- her first since the National Book Award long-listed Sweet Lamb of Heaven – follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion.
Contemptuous of their parents, who pass their days in a stupor of liquor, drugs, and sex, the children feel neglected and suffocated at the same time. When a destructive storm descends on the summer estate, the group’s ringleaders – including Eve, who narrates the story – decide to run away, leading the younger ones on a dangerous foray into the apocalyptic chaos outside.
As the scenes of devastation begin to mimic events in the dog-eared picture Bible carried around by her beloved little brother, Eve devotes herself to keeping him safe from harm.
A Children’s Bible is a prophetic, heartbreaking story of generational divide – and a haunting vision of what awaits us on the far side of Revelation.