Comfort Zone

A new novel from one of Britain’s best-loved writer, Brian Aldiss OBE, set in and around his home-town of Oxford.Set in contemporary Oxford, this incisive novel charts the breakdown of a community.
A new mosque is to be built – on the site of a derelict pub – and gradually, half-hidden prejudices begin to surface, and relationships between the residents start to sour.
Drawing closely on current affairs, this novel investigates what it means to live in a post 7/7 world, where paranoia, prejudice and fear compete with tolerance and diversity.

Un nou roman al unuia dintre cei mai iubiti scriitori din Marea Britanie, Brian Aldiss OBE, se afla in orasul sau natal, Oxford. Amplasat in Oxfordul contemporan, acest roman incisiv prezinta defalcarea unei comunitati. O noua moschee urmeaza sa fie construita - pe locul unui pub abandonat - si treptat, prejudecatile pe jumatate ascunse incep sa iasa la iveala, iar relatiile dintre rezidenti incep sa se inrautateasca. Traind indeaproape despre actualitati, acest roman investigheaza ce inseamna sa traiesti intr-o lume post-7/7, unde paranoia, prejudecatile si frica concureaza cu toleranta si diversitatea.