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In the Gold of Time
Claudie Gallay
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Description for In the Gold of Time
Paperback. A world-weary young father is seduced by dark secrets from the lost world of the Hopi Indians of Arizona. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 404.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857051264
SKU
V9780857051264
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About Claudie Gallay
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.
Reviews for In the Gold of Time
'Poetic and fascinating ... an uplifting book' Elle.
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