Our Wives Under the Sea -

Julia Armfield

Flatiron Books

2023

240 páginas

8h 0m

ISBN-10: 1250229901

Leah is changed. A marine biologist, she left for a routine expedition months earlier, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home. As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp.

By turns elegiac and furious, wry and heartbreaking, Our Wives Under the Sea is an exploration of the unknowable depths within each of us, and the love that compels us nevertheless toward one another.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, The Telegraph, Goodreads, Tor.com, them, and more)

"A deeply strange and haunting novel in the best possible way...An impressive and exciting debut novel that may leave you thinking about your own relationships in a new light." --NPR

"Shocking...Achingly poetic...Sharp and beautiful as coral polyps...Armfield exercises an exquisite--even sadistic--sense of suspense." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post

Resenhas (70)

5 (Perfeito)

"You go so deep you forget you are supposed to come back"

Uma escrita muito diferente do que eu costumo ler. O livro mostra muito dos sentimentos de Miri e de Leah lidando com como conviver com o que aconteceu com Leah durante os seis meses submersa com várias surpresas. Como já disse, a escrita é super leve, mas o conteúdo é denso e tocante e surpreendente. Com certeza meu livro favorito da vida, mexeu comigo de uma forma tão profunda que ainda preciso de um tempo para pensar, principalmente agora passando por uma crise existencial. Eu não vou dar spoilers aqui, mas achei o final bizarro e incrível e doloroso e perfeito. Me identifiquei muito com Miri e as viagens mentais de Leah. Não vejo a hora do livro sair em português pra ler com minhas amigas