The Factory of Light - Couverture souple

Jacobs, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719561736 ISBN 13 : 9780719561733

Editeur : John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2004

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

A well-constructed narrative which builds to a page-turning climax (Anglo-Spanish Society Quarterly Review)

The Factory of Light is an intelligent, beguiling story, and Michael Jacobs writes with a sly humour and real affection and understanding for his chosen region that eclipses most other writers of the genre. (Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat)

This rusticana a la Espagnola is a heartwarming and informative narrative. It should be read by everyone thinking of buying a house in Spain (Independent)

Humorous, touching and dramatic, Factory of Light is a refreshing alternative to the current wave of 'moving to the Med' travelogues, from a skilled writer with a deep knowledge of and concern for, his subject (Paul Morrison, Wanderlust)

Jacobs is worth reading for his appetite for the wry, the ironic and the grotesque (Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times)

The particular strength of this eloquent, unhurried tale is its depiction of the author's friendship with El Sereno... Theirs is a winning Quixote-Panza double act (Miranda France, Daily Telegraph)

A welcome reminder that close encounters of the Mediterranean kind don't have to be all froth (Sunday Times)

He writes ... with insight, tenderness and wit (Sunday Times)

The descriptions of events and encounters burst with vividness and energy (Oxford Mail)

Présentation de l'éditeur

Searching for a house to rent in 1999, Michael Jacobs was offered one in the Andalucian olive-growing community of Frailes. This was a place where the modern world enjoyed a strange co-existence with a virgin Andalucia ruled by a dynasty of saintly healers. It was not long before he decided to take up more permanent residence above the Discoteca Oh!

As he shared in each season's special events, Michael's life became increasingly tied up with this village threatened by drought, unemployment, and decreasing population. He was taken under the wing of El Sereno, an elderly Romeo, while his friendship with the village social worker Merce - a woman who held court in a bar situated inside a cave - led him deeper into a miraculous world. Miracles were needed to save the place; and miracles began happening. With his dream of inviting a legendary Spanish actress to the village's abandoned Art Deco cinema, the truly unimaginable occurred, and the name of Frailes became known even to Hollywood.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0719561736
• ISBN 13: 9780719561733
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288