A Dead Language - Couverture rigide

Rushforth, Peter

 
9780743286053: A Dead Language
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ISBN 10 : 0743286057 ISBN 13 : 9780743286053
Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton - the faithless young naval lieutenant who abandons Madam Butterfly - was glimpsed fleetingly in Peter Rushforth's previous novel, "Pinkerton's Sister". Now Ben steps out of the shadows and into the centre of the stage, a young man haunted by the desolation of his boyhood years, unable to show or respond to love. He's about to sail for Japan. But his imminent departure conjures up the life he and his sister have led, and the monstrous act for which he is most remembered: the rejection and destruction of a pure and loving heart. What happened to him then will mark his whole life. He is his own man, but he is also his sister's brother. Once again, in his mastery of language, his extraordinary imagination, his superb sense of time and place, Peter Rushforth has given the world a second masterpiece, ranking alongside, or surpassing, his earlier triumph.

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Quatrième de couverture

From the author of the critically acclaimed Pinkerton's Sister comes volume two of this extraordinary sequence of novels: A Dead Language
Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton - the faithless young naval lieutenant who abandons Madam Butterfly - was glimpsed fleetingly in Peter Rushforth's previous novel, Pinkerton's Sister. Now Ben steps out of the shadows and into the centre of the stage, a young man haunted by the desolation of his boyhood years, unable to show or respond to love. He's about to sail for Japan. But his imminent departure conjures up the life he and his sister have led, and the monstrous act for which he is most remembered: the rejection and destruction of a pure and loving heart. What happened to him then will mark his whole life. He is his own man, but he is also his sister's brother.
Once again, in his mastery of language, his extraordinary imagination, his superb sense of time and place, Peter Rushforth has given the world a second masterpiece, ranking alongside, or surpassing, his earlier triumph.
Praise for Pinkerton's Sister
'A hugely impressive achievement…I am quite awed by it' Margaret Forster
'A disturbing, brilliant and rewarding read' Independent
'A masterful evocation of the entombment of an intelligent woman's mind and body… worthy of Henry James' Washington Post
'A treasure trove of a novel, complex, rich and satisfying' Susan Hill

Présentation de l'éditeur

Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton - the faithless young naval lieutenant who abandons Madam Butterfly - was glimpsed fleetingly in Peter Rushforth's previous novel, Pinkerton's Sister. Now Ben steps out of the shadows and into the centre of the stage, a young man haunted by the desolation of his boyhood years, unable to show or respond to love. He's about to sail for Japan. But his imminent departure conjures up the life he and his sister have led, and the monstrous act for which he is most remembered: the rejection and destruction of a pure and loving heart. What happened to him then will mark his whole life. He is his own man, but he is also his sister's brother.
Once again, in his mastery of language, his extraordinary imagination, his superb sense of time and place, Peter Rushforth has given the world a second masterpiece, ranking alongside, or surpassing, his earlier triumph.

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Éditeur
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0743286057
ISBN 13 
9780743286053
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
656
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
non disponible

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