The Sacred Combe - Couverture rigide

Maloney, Thomas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1925228290 ISBN 13 : 9781925228298

Editeur : Scribe Publications, 2016

Synopsis

'A man's eye is accommodative, like his heart.'

Samuel Browne's wife has left him suddenly after three years of marriage. She invites him to 'go and live a better life without me'. He must start again, and alone.

And so it is that Sam finds himself deep in the English countryside in a cold but characterful old house, remote and encircled by hills, in the employment and company of an older, wiser man, a man as fond of mystery as he is of enlightenment. What is the purpose of the seemingly hopeless task set for Sam in the house's ancient library? What is the secret of the unused room? And where does a life lose its way or gain its meaning?

The combe is home to a truth born of fraud, a building made of light, and a family wrecked by recklessness: loss and love reverberate around the house and around the novel, providing pleasure, pain and purpose. Combe Hall is a house designed to honour and to enthral. And this very fine debut novel does exactly the same.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas Maloney was born in Kent in 1979, grew up in London and studied physics at university. He is a competent but unexceptional mountaineer and astigmatic birdwatcher. He lives in Oxfordshire with his wife, daughter, and kayak.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scribe Publications
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1925228290
• ISBN 13: 9781925228298
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible