Contributions

  • Costa, Margaret Jull, translator - Contributor

Publication

2015 - Harvill Secker, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

46,000 words, Guess

Page Count

184 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveoutinopen0000carr_v1i4
  • ISBN-101846557445
  • ISBN-139781846557446
  • ISBN-139781448161188
  • ISBN-101448161185
and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number907630562
  • Better World Books9781448161188
  • Better World Books9781846557446
  • Open LibraryOL29707851M

Classifications

  • DDC863.7
  • LCCPQ6703.A755 I48 2015
  • LCCPQ6703
and 1 more
  • LCCPQ6703.A755 I4813 2015

Description

"A searing dystopian vision of a young boy's flight through an unnamed, savaged country, searching for sanctuary and redemption--from one of Europe's bestselling literary stars. A young boy has fled his home. He's pursued by dangerous forces. What lies before him is an infinite, arid plain, one he must cross in order to escape those from whom he's fleeing. One night on the road, he meets an old goatherd, a man who lives simply but righteously, and from that moment on, their paths intertwine. Out in the Open tells the story of this journey through a drought-stricken country ruled by violence. A world where names and dates don't matter, where morals have drained away with the water. In this landscape the boy--not yet a lost cause--has the chance to choose hope and bravery, or to live forever mired in the cycle of violence in which he was raised. Carrasco has masterfully created a high stakes world, a dystopian tale of life and death, right and wrong, terror and salvation"--

Description

"A young boy has fled his home. Crouched in his hiding place he hears the shouts of the men hunting him. When the search party has passed, what lies before him is an infinite, arid plain, one he must cross in order to escape those from whom he's fleeing. One night he crosses paths with an old goatherd and from that moment nothing will ever be the same for either of them".--book jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Out in the openHarvill Secker2015-01-01

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