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Flight behavior

Barbara Kingsolver

2012436 pagesabout 7–10 hours
2012
first published
  • 2012HarperCollins Publishers · 436 pages · ENGISBN 9781443412995
  • 2012Harper · 436 pages · ENGISBN 9780062124265
  • 2012Faber & Faber, Limited · 436 pages · ENGISBN 9780571290796
  • 2012HarperLuxe · 675 pages · ENGISBN 9780062124302
  • 2013Harper Perennial · 436 pages · ENGISBN 9780062124272
  • 2013Faber and Faber · 608 pagesISBN 9780571290802
  • 2013HarperAudioISBN 9780062286246
  • 2012HarperAuISBN 9780062124326

Written by Barbara Kingsolver, the Orange Prize-winning author of The Lacuna and million-selling The Poisonwood Bible, and brought to you by FaberShop, Flight Behaviour is a novel about catastrophe and denial. On the Appalachian Mountains above her home, a young mother discovers a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature. As the world around her is suddenly transformed by a seeming miracle, can the old certainties that people have lived by for centuries remain unchallenged? The book delves into topical issues including poverty, class and climate change as it answers this question. A suspenseful and extraordinary tale that is epic in scope, rich in content and Kingsolver's most accessible novel so far. Essential reading for any fan of contemporary fiction.

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