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The Bees (Paperback)
Laline Paull
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R295
R210
Discovery Miles 2 100
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Ships in 5 - 10 working days
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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction
Enter a whole new world, in this thrilling debut novel set entirely
within a beehive.
Born into the lowest class of her society, Flora 717 is a sanitation
bee, only fit to clean her orchard hive. Living to accept, obey and
serve, she is prepared to sacrifice everything for her beloved holy
mother, the Queen.
But Flora is not like other bees. Despite her ugliness she has talents
that are not typical of her kin. While mutant bees are usually
instantly destroyed, Flora is removed from sanitation duty and is
allowed to feed the newborns, before becoming a forager, collecting
pollen on the wing. She also finds her way into the Queen’s inner
sanctum, where she discovers secrets both sublime and ominous.
But enemies are everywhere, from the fearsome fertility police to the
high priestesses who jealously guard the Hive Mind. And when Flora
breaks the most sacred law of all her instinct to serve is overshadowed
by an even deeper desire, a fierce love that will lead to the
unthinkable …
Laline Paull’s chilling yet ultimately triumphant novel creates a
luminous world both alien and uncannily familiar. Thrilling and
imaginative, The Bees is the story of a heroine who, in the face of an
increasingly desperate struggle for survival, changes her destiny and
her world.
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The Bees (Paperback)
Laline Paull
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R489
R410
Discovery Miles 4 100
Save R79 (16%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION, 2023 'Laline Paull
succeeds splendidly in rising to the most important literary
challenge of our time - restoring voice and agency to
other-than-human beings' Amitav Ghosh 'A pacy, provocative tale of
survival in a fast-changing marine landscape' Daily Mail
Bestselling author Laline Paull returns with an immersive and
transformative new novel of an ocean world - its extraordinary
creatures, mysteries, and mythologies - that is increasingly
haunted by the cruelty and ignorance of the human race. Ea has
always felt like an outsider. She suffers from a type of deafness
that means she cannot master the spinning rituals that unite her
pod of spinner dolphins. When tragedy strikes her family and Ea
feels she is partly to blame, she decides to make the ultimate
sacrifice and leave. As Ea ventures into the vast, she discovers
dangers everywhere, from lurking predators to strange objects
floating in the water. But just as she is coming to terms with her
solitude, a chance encounter with a group of arrogant bottlenoses
will irrevocably alter the course of her life. In her terrifying,
propulsive novel, Laline Paull explores the true meaning of family,
belonging, sacrifice - the harmony and tragedy of the pod - within
an ocean that is no longer the sanctuary it once was, and which
reflects a world all too recognisable to our own. PRAISE FOR THE
BEES 'Beautifully written and unusual . . . A brave and original
story that highlights our modern environmental crimes, and offers a
fascinating glimpse into the intricacies of bee world' Sunday Times
'One wild ride. A sensual, visceral mini-epic about timeless
rituals and modern environmental disaster. Paull's heart-pounding
novel wrenches us into a new world' Emma Donoghue '[A] gripping
Cinderella/Arthurian tale with lush Keatsian adjectives' Margaret
Atwood 'An extraordinary feat of imagination' Madeline Miller
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The Bees (Paperback)
Laline Paull
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R329
R231
Discovery Miles 2 310
Save R98 (30%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015
Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction 2015 Enter
a whole new world, in this thrilling debut novel set entirely
within a beehive. Born into the lowest class of her society, Flora
717 is a sanitation bee, only fit to clean her orchard hive. Living
to accept, obey and serve, she is prepared to sacrifice everything
for her beloved holy mother, the Queen. But Flora is not like other
bees. Despite her ugliness she has talents that are not typical of
her kin. While mutant bees are usually instantly destroyed, Flora
is removed from sanitation duty and is allowed to feed the
newborns, before becoming a forager, collecting pollen on the wing.
She also finds her way into the Queen's inner sanctum, where she
discovers secrets both sublime and ominous. But enemies are
everywhere, from the fearsome fertility police to the high
priestesses who jealously guard the Hive Mind. And when Flora
breaks the most sacred law of all her instinct to serve is
overshadowed by an even deeper desire, a fierce love that will lead
to the unthinkable . . . Laline Paull's chilling yet ultimately
triumphant novel creates a luminous world both alien and uncannily
familiar. Thrilling and imaginative, 'The Bees' is the story of a
heroine who, in the face of an increasingly desperate struggle for
survival, changes her destiny and her world.
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Pod (Hardcover)
Laline Paull
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R681
R575
Discovery Miles 5 750
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