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It is 2015. Edmée and Pete are engineers on a remote research station in Antarctica. Both are running from tragic events at home.

In this setting of magnificent desolation, just fifteen kilometres from the South Pole, a love affair begins to flourish - until there is a catastrophic power failure at the base . . .



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"'Beautiful, disturbing and startlingly inventive.' Metro 'A major achievement. This is indeed writing on a grand scale in a slim volume.' Guardian 'Pits the heat of desire against the unmelting glaciers. One of the freshest, quirkiest and most radical voices in contemporary French fiction.' Michele Roberts, Independent"

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    A Paperback / softback by Marie Darrieussecq, Ian Monk

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/05/2006
      ISBN13: 9780571223886, 978-0571223886
      ISBN10: 0571223885

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      It is 2015. Edmée and Pete are engineers on a remote research station in Antarctica. Both are running from tragic events at home.

      In this setting of magnificent desolation, just fifteen kilometres from the South Pole, a love affair begins to flourish - until there is a catastrophic power failure at the base . . .



      Trade Review
      "'Beautiful, disturbing and startlingly inventive.' Metro 'A major achievement. This is indeed writing on a grand scale in a slim volume.' Guardian 'Pits the heat of desire against the unmelting glaciers. One of the freshest, quirkiest and most radical voices in contemporary French fiction.' Michele Roberts, Independent"

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