Eva (novel)

Eva
First edition
AuthorPeter Dickinson
Cover artistAlun Hood[1]
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction novel for young adults
PublisherVictor Gollancz Ltd
Publication date
6 Oct 1988
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages207
ISBN978-0-575-04354-1
OCLC456359343
LC ClassPZ7.D562 Ev 1989[2]

Eva is a science fiction novel for young adults by Peter Dickinson, published by Gollancz in 1988. Set in a dystopian future, it features "the hybrid that results when the brain-patterns and memory of a dying girl are transferred into the brain of a chimpanzee." Dickinson researched chimp behavior for the book and he dedicated it to Jane Goodall.[3]

Eva was highly commended for the annual British Carnegie Medal and in 2008 it won the retrospective Phoenix Award. It is one of Dickinson's best known works and by far his most popular in the U.S.[4]


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