The Resource Last day : a novel, by Domenica Ruta
Last day : a novel, by Domenica Ruta
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The item Last day : a novel, by Domenica Ruta represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chelmsford Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Last day : a novel, by Domenica Ruta represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chelmsford Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "The fates of a cast of seemingly unconnected people converge during the celebration of an ancient holiday in a thought-provoking debut that brings to mind such novels as Station Eleven and The Age of Miracles. In Domenica Ruta's profoundly original debut novel, the end of the world comes every year. Or at least it's supposed to. On May 3, humanity comes together to anticipate the planet's demise--and to celebrate as if the day were truly their last. Sarah is a bookish teenager infatuated with Kurt, a tattoo artist, whom she met at her parents' Last Day celebration a year earlier. Kurt is still haunted with guilt over his role in the death of his young love and wants to make holiday amends to her family. Karen is a misfit with a dysfunctional background who works at the local YMCA, where she keeps getting into trouble--especially when she sets off to find a long-lost adoptive brother. Her friend Rosette has left the Jehovah's Witnesses to follow a new pastor at the Kingdom of God, where she brings Karen on this fateful Last Day. Meanwhile, in space, a group of international astronauts--an American, a Russian, and a billionaire Japanese space tourist--observe Last Day from afar. With sparkling wit, dazzling vividness, and wild imagination, Last Day is an exciting introduction of a literary talent--and by the end a haunting meditation on the fate of humanity and our planet"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 258 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525510819
- Label
- Last day : a novel
- Title
- Last day
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- by Domenica Ruta
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The fates of a cast of seemingly unconnected people converge during the celebration of an ancient holiday in a thought-provoking debut that brings to mind such novels as Station Eleven and The Age of Miracles. In Domenica Ruta's profoundly original debut novel, the end of the world comes every year. Or at least it's supposed to. On May 3, humanity comes together to anticipate the planet's demise--and to celebrate as if the day were truly their last. Sarah is a bookish teenager infatuated with Kurt, a tattoo artist, whom she met at her parents' Last Day celebration a year earlier. Kurt is still haunted with guilt over his role in the death of his young love and wants to make holiday amends to her family. Karen is a misfit with a dysfunctional background who works at the local YMCA, where she keeps getting into trouble--especially when she sets off to find a long-lost adoptive brother. Her friend Rosette has left the Jehovah's Witnesses to follow a new pastor at the Kingdom of God, where she brings Karen on this fateful Last Day. Meanwhile, in space, a group of international astronauts--an American, a Russian, and a billionaire Japanese space tourist--observe Last Day from afar. With sparkling wit, dazzling vividness, and wild imagination, Last Day is an exciting introduction of a literary talent--and by the end a haunting meditation on the fate of humanity and our planet"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ruta, Domenica
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3618.U776
- LC item number
- L37 2019
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Tattoo artists
- Astronauts
- Brothers
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Coming of Age
- Bildungsromans
- Label
- Last day : a novel, by Domenica Ruta
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1061864876
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 258 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525510819
- Lccn
- 2018051202
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1061864876
- Label
- Last day : a novel, by Domenica Ruta
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1061864876
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 258 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525510819
- Lccn
- 2018051202
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1061864876
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