The Colour - Couverture souple

Tremain, Rose

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0701174307 ISBN 13 : 9780701174309

Editeur : Chatto & Windus, 2003

Synopsis

Joseph and Harriet Blackstone, along with Joseph's mother Lillian, emigrate to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity in the mid-19th century gold rush. This novel tells the story of their quest for the impossible and their attempts to mine the complexities of love.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

From the author of The Gustav Sonata

Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. When Joseph finds gold in the creek he is seized by a rapturous obsession with the voluptuous riches awaiting him deep in the earth. Abandoning his farm and family, he sets off alone for the new gold-fields over the Southern Alps, a moral wilderness where many others, under the seductive dreams of 'the colour', are violently rushing to their destinies.

By turns both moving and terrifying, The Colour is about a quest for the impossible, an attempt to mine the complexities of love and explore the sacrifices to be made in the pursuit of happiness.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chatto & Windus
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0701174307
• ISBN 13: 9780701174309
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible