Leave the world behind
Uiterlijk 3 december in huis
Soon to be a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan Alam
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Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in Fiction
One of Barack Obama's Summer Reads
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A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.
From the bestselling author of Rich and Pretty comes a suspenseful and provocative novel keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshapedand unexpected new ones are forgedin moments of crisis.
Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home theyve rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older coupleits their house, and theyve arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But in this rural areawith the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone serviceits hard to know what to believe.
Should Amanda and Clay trust this coupleand vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other?
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 23 november 2021
Aantal pagina's: 272
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Rumaan Alam
Hoofduitgeverij: Collins
Personage: Geen personage
Product breedte: 136 mm
Product hoogte: 20 mm
Product lengte: 202 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 134 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 18 mm
Verpakking lengte: 202 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 405 g
EAN: 9780062667649