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The Wilderness Book

It's Jake's birthday. He is sitting in a small plane, being flown over the landscape that has been the backdrop to his life - his childhood, his marriage, his work, his passions. Now he is in his early sixties, and he isn't quite the man he used to be. He has lost his wife, his son is in prison, and he is about to lose his past.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    On his birthday, Jake sits on a small plane, flying over his homeland and begins to look back over his life - his childhood, marriage, work and passions. Now in his sixties and suffering from Alzheimer's, he realises he isn't the man he used to be. He has lost his wife, his son is in prison and he is set to lose his past. Told from Jake's point of view as the disease takes hold, he struggles as his memories and identity become increasingly elusive and unreliable. He wonders what happened to his daughter, whether she's alive or dead, why his son is in prison and what exactly went wrong in his life. Assisted by poor Eleanor, he tries to piece together what he can remember from the key events. Samantha Harvey's debut The Wilderness is a beautiful extraordinary story told with thought-provoking intricacy.

  • Foyles

    'A stunning composition of human fragility and intensity' - Guardian It's Jake's birthday. He has lost his wife, his son is in prison and he is about to lose his past. Jake has Alzheimer's. As the disease takes hold of him, the key events of his life shift, and what until recently seemed solid fact melts into surreal imaginings. Is his daughter alive or long dead? And why exactly is his son in prison? There was a cherry tree once, and a yellow dress, but what do they mean? Is there anything he'll be able to salvage from the wreckage? From the first sentence to the last, The Wilderness holds us in its grip. This is writing of extraordinary power and beauty.

  • 0099526530
  • 9780099526537
  • Samantha Harvey
  • 4 February 2010
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 336
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