Relief Map by Rosalie Knecht
In the heat of a stifling summer in her sixteenth year, Livy Marko spends her days in the rust-belt town of Lomath, Pennsylvania, babysitting, hanging out with her best friend, Nelson, and waiting for a bigger life to begin. These simple routines are disrupted when the electricity is cut off and the bridges are closed by a horde of police and FBI agents. A fugitive from the Republic of Georgia, on the run from an extradition order, has taken refuge in nearby hills and no one is able to leave or enter Lomath until he is found.As the police fail to find the wanted man and hours stretch into days, the town of Lomath begins to buckle under the strain. Like Russian dolls, each hostage seems to be harboring a captive of their own. Even Livy's parents may have something to conceal, and Livy must learn that the source of danger is not always what it appears.Rosalie Knecht's wise and suspenseful debut evokes the classics while conjuring the contemporary paranoia of the post-terrorist age. Relief Map doesn't loosen its grip until the consequences of this catastrophic summer, and the ways in which a quiet girl's fate can be rerouted and forever changed, are made fully apparent.
Knecht, Rosalie: - Rosalie Knecht won a Fulbright to work closely with Cü¾Ž–”¼sar Aira on the translation of The Seamstress and the Wind.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781941040225 |
| ISBN 10 | 1941040225 |
| Title | Relief Map |
| Author | Rosalie Knecht |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Tin House Books |
| Year published | 2016-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 275 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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