Books by Michael Faber
Found 1 book
1. Michel Faber, The Book of Strange New Things: A Novel . A missionary visits space aliens, some of whom embrace the Bible eagerly, almost too eagerly. Meanwhile he and his wife on earth write letters back and forth, showing they are the true aliens to each other. This is the fiction book this year I enjoyed most, and the one I kept on wanting to pick up after I had put it down. It is one of the most resonant portraits of space aliens I have read. yet without it being a science fiction nove...
2. Michel Faber, The Book of Strange New Things: A Novel . A missionary visits space aliens, some of whom embrace the Bible eagerly, almost too eagerly. Meanwhile he and his wife on earth write letters back and forth, showing they are the true aliens to each other. This is the fiction book this year I enjoyed most, and one I kept on wanting to pick up after I had put it down. Here is a useful NYT revie w, describing the book as “defiantly unclassifiable.”