Shiver
by Nikki Gemmell | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 174051324x Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 174051324x Global Overview for this book
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Journal Entry 1 by BooksOnTheAve from Mayfield, New South Wales Australia on Saturday, February 3, 2018
Title: Shiver
Published: 2004
Pages: 273
Obtained: 02 Feb 2018
From: ?
Paid: $0.00
Int Cond: AN
Goodreads Rating: 3.61 · Rating details · 532 Ratings · 59 Reviews
"I can catalogue Antarctica by touch. The touch of air sucked dry on my cheek, the fur of a day-old seal pup, the touch of an iceberg, a blizzard, a lover, the touch of sweat at minus twenty-three, of a camera stuck to the skin on my face, of cold like glass cutting into my skin, of a snowflake, of a dead man, of a doctor's fingers on my inner thigh, of a tongue on my eye."
Shiver is Nikki Gemmell's first novel.
It is the story of Fin, a young woman who gets the chance of a lifetime to go to Antarctica.
Surrounded by the cruel beauty of the last great wilderness on earth, she finds herself transfixed by the power of the land.
Travelling and living with a close-knit and idiosyncratic team, Fin learns the rules and taboos of community life in Antarctica, and then promptly breaks the strictest taboo of all - she falls in love. The consequences are shattering.
Lyrical, haunting and sometimes painfully moving, Shiver is a first novel of great power and beauty.
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Books on the Avenue - Street Library
15 Gregson Ave, Mayfield West, NSW
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Movements
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02 Feb 2018 - released
17 Feb 2018 - borrowed
Published: 2004
Pages: 273
Obtained: 02 Feb 2018
From: ?
Paid: $0.00
Int Cond: AN
Goodreads Rating: 3.61 · Rating details · 532 Ratings · 59 Reviews
"I can catalogue Antarctica by touch. The touch of air sucked dry on my cheek, the fur of a day-old seal pup, the touch of an iceberg, a blizzard, a lover, the touch of sweat at minus twenty-three, of a camera stuck to the skin on my face, of cold like glass cutting into my skin, of a snowflake, of a dead man, of a doctor's fingers on my inner thigh, of a tongue on my eye."
Shiver is Nikki Gemmell's first novel.
It is the story of Fin, a young woman who gets the chance of a lifetime to go to Antarctica.
Surrounded by the cruel beauty of the last great wilderness on earth, she finds herself transfixed by the power of the land.
Travelling and living with a close-knit and idiosyncratic team, Fin learns the rules and taboos of community life in Antarctica, and then promptly breaks the strictest taboo of all - she falls in love. The consequences are shattering.
Lyrical, haunting and sometimes painfully moving, Shiver is a first novel of great power and beauty.
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Books on the Avenue - Street Library
15 Gregson Ave, Mayfield West, NSW
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Movements
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02 Feb 2018 - released
17 Feb 2018 - borrowed
