Cold Earth [Paperback] by Moss, Sarah - Softcover

Sarah Moss is a senior lecturer of English Literature at the Universities of Kent and Iceland. She researches food in literature and the aesthetics of the north, and has a BA, MSt. and DPhil from Oxford University. COLD EARTH is her first novel

Praise for Cold Earth

I’m not one for thrillers . . but Cold Earth had too many good ingredients to pass up . . . Moss draws six unforgettable individuals, through their interactions with fellow archeologists and through letters home to their loved ones. Bugs in amber, carbon in ice a reader watches their existence constrict to survival.” Los Angeles Times

In stripped-down prose that never reveals too much, first-novelist Moss conjures an increasingly creepy atmosphere, the isolation and stark beauty of the Greenland coast, and the rigors of survival in a harsh environment.” Booklist

Praise for the U.K. edition of Cold Earth

"It is almost perfect . . . This is an unusually promising first novel." Times Literary Supplement (London)

"Few first novels are as topical as this . . . There is a lot to enjoy." Financial Times (London)

"Moss's stark writing delivers stinging splashes of cold water. Every element is distilled for purity of purpose." The Times (London)

"A heart-tingling story." Metro (London)

"One of the most powerful and gripping debut novels I have ever read." Scarlett Thomas, author of The End of Mr. Y

"An astounding piece of imaginative fiction taking the reader to the ends of the earth." Bookseller (London)