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In the Gold of Time

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title In the Gold of Time
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Claudie Gallay
Translated by Alison Anderson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 146
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780857386458
ClassificationsDewey:843.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Quercus Publishing
Imprint MacLehose Press
Publication Date 2 January 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

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.