The Spire - Couverture souple

Golding, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571307825 ISBN 13 : 9780571307821

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2013

Synopsis

This title comes with an introduction by John Mullan. Dean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a great spire on his cathedral. His mason anxiously advises against it, for the old cathedral was built without foundations. Nevertheless, the spire rises octagon upon octagon, pinnacle by pinnacle, until the stone pillars shriek and the ground beneath it swims. Its shadow falls ever darker on the world below, and on Dean Jocelin in particular. From the author of Lord of the Flies, The Spire is a dark and powerful portrait of one man's will, and the folly that he creates. "Quite simply, a marvel". (Frank Kermode, New York Review of Books). "Superb...The book should become a classic". (Sunday Telegraph). "An engrossing story". (New York Times Book Review).

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The vision that drives Dean Jocelin to construct an immense new spire above his cathedral tests the limits of all who surround him. The foundationless stone pillars shriek and the earth beneath them heaves under the structure’s weight as the Dean’s will weighs down his collapsing faith.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0571307825
• ISBN 13: 9780571307821
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272