Annihilation is a 2014 novel by Jeff VanderMeer. It is the first in a series of three books called the Southern Reach Trilogy. The book describes a team of four women (a biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, and a surveyor) who set out into an area known as Area X. The area is abandoned and cut off from the rest of civilization. They are the 12th expedition; the previous expeditions have been fraught with disappearances, suicides, aggressive cancers, and mental trauma. The novel won the 2014 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 2014 Shirley Jackson Award for best novel.A film based on the novel, starring Natalie Portman, was released by Paramount Pictures on February 23, 2018.
Un libro inizio di una triologia che mi ha affascinato, non spiega molto, quasi nulla, ma l'atmosfera รจ sempre tesa, onirica. Un libro ben scritto e che lascia riflettere su molte cose al di la della trama superficiale
This is a quite strange story, so I can understand why several people wrote opposing reviews or are kind of disappointed.
I'm glad I enjoyed very much this book, even though it is sometimes a bit slow. Well, probably the pragmatic, curious and scientific approach of the biologist to new situations helped a lot XD
Overall, it is very fascinating and totally caught my interest. I couldn't put it down: that's why I finished it in one day.
