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Thomas O´malley - This Magnificent Desolation - 9781408833803 - 9781408833803
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This Magnificent Desolation

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Description for This Magnificent Desolation Hardback. A heart-breaking, staggering, soaring novel about war, music, loneliness and the redemptive power of the imagination Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 746.
A heart-breaking, staggering, soaring novel about war, music, loneliness and the redemptive power of the imagination Duncan's entire world is the orphanage where he lives, a solitary outpost in the snowy expanse of northern Minnesota. Aged ten in 1980, he has no memories of his life before now, but he has stories that he recites like prayers: the story of how his mother brought him here during the worst blizzard of the century; the story of how God spoke to him at his birth and gave him a special purpose. Duncan is sure that his mother is dead ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408833803
SKU
9781408833803
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-4

About Thomas O´malley
Thomas O'Malley is the author of the novel In the Province of Saints, selected as one of the best books of 2005 by Booklist and the New York Public Library. He earned his MFA at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and teaches at Dartmouth College. Raised in Ireland and England, O'Malley currently lives in the Boston area. This Magnificent Desolation has ... Read more

Reviews for This Magnificent Desolation
A beautiful, floating novel. Thomas O'Malley writes with grace and style and bravery. There is not an ounce of cynicism here. While most of us remain earthbound, O'Malley allows us to believe that we can, at various times, go to an imaginative elsewhere. Even the desolation can have its own magnificence. O'Malley is a great talent, reminiscent of another fine ... Read more

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