دانلود کتاب The Morningside 2024

The Morningside by Téa Obreht is a speculative novel set in a near-future, semi-submerged city called Island City. The story follows Silvia, a young girl who moves with her mother to a crumbling high-rise named The Morningside, where her aunt Ena is the superintendent. Silvia, displaced from her ancestral home, struggles to understand her family’s past and the mysterious world around her. Through Ena’s folktales and the enigmatic presence of Bezi Duras, a woman living in the penthouse with three massive dogs, Silvia begins to uncover secrets that reshape her understanding of identity and belonging.

Téa Obreht weaves a haunting tale of displacement, memory, and myth in The Morningside. As Silvia explores the building and its strange inhabitants, she confronts the silence of her mother, the magic of her aunt’s stories, and the eerie truth behind Bezi’s existence. The novel blends climate fiction, folklore, and emotional depth to examine how people rebuild meaning in the aftermath of loss and how storytelling becomes a lifeline in uncertain times¹.