The Mermaid of Black Conch - Vintage Earth

''His stomach trembled with desire and fear and wonder because he knew what he''d seen. A woman. Right there, in the water'' Near the island of Black Conch, a fisherman sings to himself while waiting for a catch. But David attracts a sea-dweller that he never expected - Aycayia, an innocent young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid. When American tourists capture Aycayia, David rescues her and vows to win her trust. Slowly, painfully, she transforms into a woman again. Yet as their love grows, they discover that the world around them is changing - and they cannot escape the curse for ever VINTAGE EARTH is a series of books that reveals our ever-changing relationship with the environment. These are stories old and young, set in worlds real or imagined, that allow us to explore our connection to the natural world. Transformative, wild, surprising and essential, these novels take on the most urgent story of our times.

About the author

Monique Roffey was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and lives in London. She is the author of seven novels and a memoir. The Mermaid of Black Conch won the Costa Book of the Year and the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Goldsmiths Prize. Her other highly acclaimed books include Archipelago, which won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle and House of Ashes. In addition to her work as an environmental activist, she is a professor of contemporary fiction at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Product details

• Authors: Monique Roffey, Roffey Monique
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.07.2022
• EAN: 9781784878023
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-802-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Vintage Earth
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Women, Adult & contemporary romance, Historical fiction, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Romance / Fantasy, FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Caribbean islands, Magical Realism, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Myths and Legends, Myth & legend told as fiction, Narrative theme: Environmental issues, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, Romance: fantasy and paranormal, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world