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Description for The Love of Stones
Paperback. Fine copy
Precious stones pass through the hands of many people, hands that leave no apparent trace. But traces are there all the same - impressions, like the atoms of hydrogen drawn to the surface of a diamond. This story charts three lives linked by one such jewel.
Precious stones pass through the hands of many people, hands that leave no apparent trace. But traces are there all the same - impressions, like the atoms of hydrogen drawn to the surface of a diamond. This story charts three lives linked by one such jewel.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571209989
SKU
KSS0001130
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
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About Tobias Hill
Tobias Hill was born in London. In 2003 the TLS nominated him as one the best young writers in Britain: in 2004 he was selected as one of the country's Next Generation poets and shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. His collection of stories, Skin, won the Pen-Macmillan Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the ... Read more
Reviews for The Love of Stones
'A bold and intricate novel, a complex tapestry that ranges across time and space, but with a single theme: the manipulative power of exceptional jewels.' Penelope Lively, Independent 'A compelling thriller... Slicing through six centuries in a single sweep, the historic structure on to which Hill has crafted a gripping yarn binds together his themes about greed and ambition, and ... Read more