Watermark: A Novel of the Middle Ages - Couverture souple

Sankaran, Vanitha

 
9780061849275: Watermark: A Novel of the Middle Ages
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0061849278 ISBN 13 : 9780061849275
Editeur : William Morrow Paperbacks, 2010

Synopsis

“Watermark is a powerful novel about the destructive forces unleashed by ignorance and superstition.  Readers will care deeply for the courageous Auda.”
—New York Times bestselling author Sharon Kay Penman

 

Watermark is a magnificent debut by Vanitha Sankaran—an atmospheric and compelling novel about the search for identity, the power of self-expression, and value of the written word, set during the dark days of the Inquisition in Medieval France. Readers who were captivated by The Illuminator by Brenda Rickman Vantrease or Geraldine Brooks’s People of the Book will be enthralled by this thrilling journey to a colorful and dangerous past.

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À propos de l?auteur

Vanitha Sankaran holds a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Antioch University. Her stories have been published in various print and online journals. In addition, she is a founding editor for the literary journal flashquake. She is at work on her second novel, which is about printmaking in Renaissance Venice.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The daughter of a papermaker in a small French village in the year 1320—mute from birth and forced to shun normal society—young Auda finds solace and escape in the wonder of the written word. Believed to be cursed by those who embrace ignorance and superstition, Auda's very survival is a testament to the strength of her spirit. But this is an age of Inquisition and intolerance, when difference and defiance are punishable "sins" and new ideas are considered damnable heresy. When darkness descends upon her world, Auda—newly grown to womanhood—is forced to flee, setting off on a remarkable quest to discover love and a new sense of self . . . and to reclaim her heritage and the small glory of her father's art.

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Éditeur
William Morrow Paperbacks
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0061849278
ISBN 13 
9780061849275
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
HarperCollins Publishers Ireland
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