No Other Life - Couverture souple

Moore, Brian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006546927 ISBN 13 : 9780006546924

Editeur : Flamingo, 1994

Synopsis

Father Paul Michel, a Canadian missionary on the poor Caribbean island of Ganae, rescues a little local boy from abject poverty, and sets him on the road towards a dramatic and dangerous future as a revolutionary priest and, later, as the first democratically elected leader in a land of dictators.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Brian Moore, whom Graham Greene called his ‘favourite living novelist’, was born in Belfast in 1921. He emigrated to Canada in 1948, where he became a journalist and adopted Canadian citizenship. He spent some time in New York before settling in California.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

When Father Paul Michel, a missionary on the desperately poor Caribbean island of Ganae, rescues a little black boy, Jeannot, from abject poverty, he has little idea of the perilous and dramatic events the future holds in store. Jeannot becomes a revolutionary catholic priest and is subsequently elected president of a land previously accustomed only to despair and dictatorship. A brilliant messianic orator, Jeannot bravely urges his black brethren to rise against the forces determined to topple him. But is he a saint or a rabble-rouser? Even Father Paul can no longer be sure of his protégé's true motives…

"In this explosive book Moore brings a world pulsating to life, with vivid descriptive writing and a series of beautifully accurate vignettes."
ANTHONY CURTIS, ' Financial Times'

"'No Other Life' is tightly-made and absorbing. Brian Moore is a highly intelligent writer who has the enviable ability to make you want to go on turning the pages… this is a very exciting book."
A.N.WILSON, 'Evening Standard'

"The profundity of this book is achieved with breathtaking lightness… Moore can push the reader's mind against its own extremities."
LAURA CUMMING, ' Guardian'

"Poised, bracing and moving… if pleasure indeed corrupts the soul, then this very novel is a twenty-four carat sin."
TOM ADAIR, 'Independent'

"Brian Moore is a brilliant narrator. 'No Other Life' is comprehensive, delicate and mysterious."
KATE KELLAWAY, 'Observer'

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Flamingo
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0006546927
• ISBN 13: 9780006546924
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible