Zero Summer - Robinson, Jeremy

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Résumé :
ZERO SUMMER: A NOVEL In Britain of the near-future, a nuclear war is imminent. As society falls to pieces, two people meet and fall intensely in love. This is a powerful erotic and poetic novel, written in a heightened, lyrical style which combines romance with action, beauty and death. EXTRACT FROM CHAPTER ONE It was on a Summer's evening that we met. Everything was full of light - the long, sloping light of Mid-West America. But in England. Into this golden light you walked. The seafront was deserted. Soft breezes blew in from the ocean. I had been living for days in the opulence of this water, this rich spice of water, heat, seagulls and wide-open spaces. Water washed our feet as we spoke on the sand. The sun was still hot. You were wearing a cotton Summer dress, white with green spots. I couldn't keep my eyes off you. The day had begun with rain, I remember. Now the sky was turning lilac. In the heat of the day the beaches had been full of tourists and sun-bathers. Now it was teatime and Great Britain shuffled indoors, to eat, to flop down, to watch TV. I was being my usual romantic self, wandering along the shore, enjoying the melancholy emptiness of the sunlit promenade. And you were there....

Biographie:
JEREMY ROBINSON has published poetry, ?ction, and studies of J.R.R. Tolkien, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Hardy, Andr? Gide and D.H. Lawrence. Robinson has edited poetry books by Novalis, Ursula Le Guin, Friedrich H?lderlin, Francesco Petrarch, Dante Alighieri, Arseny Tarkovsky, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Books on film and animation include: The Akira Book ? The Art of Katsuhiro Otomo ? The Art of Masamune Shirow ? The Ghost In the Shell Book ? Fullmetal Alchemist ? Cowboy Bebop: The Anime and Movie ? The Cinema of Hayao Miyazaki ? Hayao Miyazaki: Pocket Guide ? Princess Mononoke: Pocket Movie Guide ? Spirited Away: Pocket Movie Guide ? Blade Runner and the Cinema of Philip K. Dick ? Blade Runner: Pocket Movie Guide ? The Cinema of Donald Cammell ? Performance: Donald Cammell: Nic Roeg: Pocket Movie Guide ? Pasolini: Il Cinema di Poesia/ The Cinema of Poetry ? Salo: Pocket Movie Guide ? The Trilogy of Life Movies: Pocket Movie Guide ? The Gospel According To Matthew: Pocket Movie Guide ? The Ecstatic Cinema of Tony Ching Siu-tung ? Tsui Hark: The Dragon Master of Chinese Cinema ? The Swordsman: Pocket Movie Guide ? A Chinese Ghost Story: Pocket Movie Guide ? Ken Russell: England's Great Visionary Film Director and Music Lover ? Tommy: Ken Russell: The Who: Pocket Movie Guide ? Women In Love: Ken Russell: D.H. Lawrence: Pocket Movie Guide ? The Devils: Ken Russell: Pocket Movie Guide ? Walerian Borowczyk: Cinema of Erotic Dreams ? The Beast: Pocket Movie Guide ? The Lord of the Rings Movies ? The Fellowship of the Ring: Pocket Movie Guide ? The Two Towers: Pocket Movie Guide ? The Return of the King: Pocket Movie Guide ? Jean-Luc Godard: The Passion of Cinema ? The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky ? Andrei Tarkovsky: Pocket Guide....