The Memory of Animals

Claire Fuller author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:20th Apr '23

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'A stunning piece of speculative fiction' The i

'A haunting novel about love, survival and everything in between ... one to get excited about' Stylist, Best Modern Dystopia

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But she isn't here, no one is here. And I have a terror of being alone, in this building, in London, in the world.

Neffy is a young woman running away from grief and guilt, and the one big mistake that has derailed her career. When a debilitating new virus sweeps across the globe, volunteering in a vaccine trial offers her a way to make up for her past. But then, the virus mutates, and the future she had dreamed for herself is gone.

As the London streets outside the medical unit fall silent, and food begins to run out, Neffy must decide where safety lies. Might she find solace by revisiting her own heady memories of the past? Can she trust the strangers trapped inside with her - despite her growing suspicions? Or is her best chance of a future to be found in the terrifyingly unknown world outside?

Haunting and compelling, The Memory of Animals is a novel about freedom and captivity, survival and sacrifice, and what we cling to when everything else has been taken away, from the Costa Award-winning, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of Unsettled Ground.

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'Unsettling, moving and thoughtful, with horror lurking at the edges, this is a subtle, elegant novel. Claire Fuller is a huge talent' Lucy Atkins, author of Magpie Lane


'Compulsive and thoroughly convincing. Terrific!' Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures

Following her award-winning novel Unsettled Ground, Fuller has returned with a piece of stunning speculative fiction * The i *
A haunting novel about love, survival and everything in between ... one to get excited about * Stylist, Best Modern Dystopia *
A thought-provoking and utterly compelling novel from a writer we always look forward to reading * Glamour *
Haunting and unsettling, moving and thoughtful, with horror lurking at the edges, this is a subtle, elegant novel. Claire Fuller is a huge talent * Lucy Atkins, author of Magpie Lane *
Claire Fuller is such an interesting and original writer and she has produced another literary page-turner ... Compulsive and thoroughly convincing. Terrific! * Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures *
Fuller is an excellent writer and she neatly conveys boredom as well as dread (no mean feat) -- Anthony Cummings * Daily Mail *
Stunning ... A page-turning, topical, edge-of-your-seat story that resonates with the reader on an emotional level, and leaves them thinking about it for a long time afterwards * Louise Morrish, author of Operation Moonlight *
A gripping page-turner, this apocalyptic tale is given warmth and depth by the portrayal of Neffy, a young woman with a complicated past to which she returns to escape the horrors of the present * Woman and Home *
A taut and atmospheric read, an exploration of captivity, sacrifice and survival in a post-apocalyptic world ... Asks important, resonant questions of life in extremis ... Fuller writes brilliantly ... The superb ending ties everything together with a moving, tragic cohesiveness * Irish Times *
A woman once undone by empathy now finds that it could be her salvation in Claire Fuller's stunning postapocalyptic novel ... Sobering and evocative,The Memory of Animals is a novel about who we choose to be when the lights go out * Foreword *

ISBN: 9780241614822

Dimensions: 218mm x 146mm x 34mm

Weight: 420g

320 pages