Lost Paradise: A Novel - Couverture rigide

Nooteboom, Cees

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0802118550 ISBN 13 : 9780802118554

Editeur : Grove Pr, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Nooteboom Cees

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Almut and Alma, two young Brazilian women, set out from São Paulo and wind up in Australia. Alma is recovering from a traumatic attack. She has always loved the art of the Renaissance. Specifically, she is captivated by angels - the way they fly, their stillness, what they might sound like, how they are represented. But what the women share is a fascination for Australia and its ancient peoples; their ceremonies, sand drawings and body paintings.

Here, Alma begins an affair with an Aboriginal man, an artist, though he tells her that it can only last a week. He must shortly return to his people.

The women become involved with the Angel Project in Perth, where actors dressed as angels are concealed around the city for the public to track down. The angels must remain still and silent, whatever response they provoke in the viewer.

In a seemingly unconnected story, a man staying at a remote Alpine spa unexpectedly meets a woman he encountered years before and with whom he shared a single night. It was in a faraway city and she was dressed as an angel.

Lost Paradise is a tale of great charm and brilliance from one of Europe's greatest writers.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Alma and Almut share a fascination for Australia and its ancient peoples; their ceremonies, sand drawings and body paintings. After Alma suffers a traumatic attack, they board a cheap flight from São Paulo to Sydney, and together begin their journey across their secret continent. Alma slowly recovers through a brief love affair with an Aboriginal artist, and both women become involved with the Angel Project in Perth, where actors dressed as angels are concealed around the city for the public to discover.

In a seemingly unconnected story, a man staying at a remote Alpine spa unexpectedly meets a woman he encountered years before and with whom he shared a single night. It was in a faraway city and she was dressed as an angel...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grove Pr
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802118550
• ISBN 13: 9780802118554
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible