Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, Fever Dream is a chilling tale of maternal love and supernatural catastrophe, from an international literary star
‘It’s a total mind-wrecker’ – Max Porter, author of Shy
‘The book I wish I had written’ – Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women
‘Utterly gripping’ – The Observer
‘Dazzling’ – Evening Standard
Amanda knows she has to answer the questions. Lying feverish and unseeing in her hospital bed, she tries her best to account for how she came to be there. She remembers the lake, the house and the strange woman next door with her unthinkable confession. She remembers the fear of losing her young daughter, Nina. Now she is alone and Nina is gone. At what moment did everything go dark?
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, Fever Dream is an unforgettable masterpiece of psychological terror from Samanta Schweblin.
‘I picked up Fever Dream in the wee hours, and a low, sick thrill took hold of me as I read . . . I was checking the locks in my apartment by page thirty. By the time I finished the book, I couldn’t bring myself to look out the windows’ – Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
"A book to read in one frantic sitting – bold, uncanny and utterly gripping" - The Observer
"An unnerving read, straddling the realms of the supernatural and of Argentina’s dark recent history" - Financial Times
"This daring, ambiguous thriller is an apocalyptic lamentation for our world in free fall, a place in which nothing and no one, not even a child or a horse in a field, is safe" - Irish Times
"Explosive . . . delivers a skin-prickling masterclass in dread and suspense" - Economist
"Dazzling, unforgettable, and deeply strange. I’ve never read anything like it" - Evening Standard
"Exceptionally written . . . a superlative work of the imagination, resonant, beguiling and truly memorable" - The Spectator
"The sort of book that makes you look under the bed last thing at night and sleep with the light on" - Daily Mail
"A panic attack disguised as a novel . . . Fever Dream is almost impossible to break away from before the final page is turned" - The Guardian, 'Best Books to Read in a Day'
