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In the Gold of Time
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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In the Gold of Time
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Claudie Gallay
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Translated by Alison Anderson
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:304 | Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 146 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780857386458
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Classifications | Dewey:843.92 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Quercus Publishing
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Imprint |
MacLehose Press
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Publication Date |
2 January 2014 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Set between Normandy and Arizona, In the Gold of Time is a seductive tale of silences and dark, half-revealed secrets, and a haunting elegy for innocence lost in a lost world. A young father holidays by the sea near Dieppe with his reproachfully perfect wife and their twin daughters. Returning from the local shop, he meets an eccentric old lady, Alice Berthier, who lives with he mute sister, Clemence. Their mysterious house is full of old photographs and strange objects - sacred ceremonial masks once belonging to the Hopi, a tribe of Native Americans from Arizona. Haunted by memories of a tragic past, Alice takes comfort in her new companion, and he, in turn, is drawn into her mysterious world. As his family recedes into the background, her stirring tales of the Hopi and the Arizona desert become the only salve to his despondent soul.
Author Biography
Claudie Gallay is a teacher who lives in Provence. Her previous novels have all been well received, but The Breakers was her breakthrough novel, becoming a runaway bestseller in France.
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