- Fiction, horror
In an apocalyptic near-future world, a mother and her two small children are followed as they make their way down a river, blindfolded, in order to avoid seeing a terrifying entity. The plot contains profanity and graphic violence.
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Contemporary, grave, earnest and bleak.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Josh Malerman
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 36
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, HarperCollins Publishers, Harpercollins
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781483004365
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