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(4) | None | The ultimate 'what if' novel, from the million-copy-bestselling author of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON: 'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance ... heartbreaking' Guardian Karen and Barney Stark should never have married. Childless, uncomfortable and incompatible, their marriage has not been a success, and the lack of a child only makes the tension between them worse. And living their lives to the beat of a fertility clock only adds to the increasingly volatile atmosphere. When an incident at Barney's workplace causes them both to be unknowingly contaminated with radioactive dust, they also become pariahs - in their neighbourhood and with their families. But things are only going to get worse. Karen discovers she is pregnant and as their closest friends become frightened enemies, the dream of becoming parents turns into a nightmare...… (more) |
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Information from the German Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language. Gedenke doch, daß du mich
aus Lehm gemacht hast;
und wirst mich wieder
zu Erde machen?
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Information from the German Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language. Für Aurea, in Liebe | |
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At first he thought he heard someone moving around in the bedroom and he listened: the whirr of the electric clock, his wife breathing regularly beside him, his own heart beating. | |
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And seeing the unliving creature lying there in the basin, he felt something come up from deep inside himself, a wave, a spasm, a contraction that would not be held back, dry at first, but then it broke, and the tears streamed down his cheeks as he cried for his only son. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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Originally published as: The Touch (New York : Harcourt, Brace and World, 1968) and (London: Robert Hale & Co., 1971). Also published as: The Contaminated man. (London: Mayflower, 1973 & 1977)
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None ▾Book descriptions The ultimate 'what if' novel, from the million-copy-bestselling author of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON: 'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance ... heartbreaking' Guardian Karen and Barney Stark should never have married. Childless, uncomfortable and incompatible, their marriage has not been a success, and the lack of a child only makes the tension between them worse. And living their lives to the beat of a fertility clock only adds to the increasingly volatile atmosphere. When an incident at Barney's workplace causes them both to be unknowingly contaminated with radioactive dust, they also become pariahs - in their neighbourhood and with their families. But things are only going to get worse. Karen discovers she is pregnant and as their closest friends become frightened enemies, the dream of becoming parents turns into a nightmare... ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
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