![]() ![]() ![]() The place seems strange and alien to them, as if they’ve landed on another planet. You wanted to eat it, get out of the car, get down on all fours, and bite into the earth itself”. The protagonists are city-types and consequently very much cowed by the still wilderness of the countryside upon arrival: “Everything was so green it was frankly a little crazy. But a Lynchian air of menace is present from the outset – the description of the fence presaging that the little nuclear family will at some point be hemmed-in!Ī strong theme of “city versus country” pervades the novel. The home is hyperreal in its quaintness, eliciting Little House on the Prairie vibes: “The front yard was bound by a picket fence, white, not a trace of irony in it”. An urban family – mother, Amanda father, Clay and their two children, Archie and Rose – go to stay at an idyllic holiday home in the country. ![]() Leave the World Behind is the third novel by US author Rumaan Alam. ![]()
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