Tourmaline - Couverture souple

Stow, Randolph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1925240304 ISBN 13 : 9781925240306

Editeur : The Text Publishing Company, 2015

Synopsis

There is no stretch of land on earth more ancient than this. And so it is blunt and red and barren, littered with the fragments of broken mountains, flat, waterless. Tourmaline, in outback Western Australia, is dying: its mines lie abandoned and drought has taken hold. When the enigmatic diviner Michael Random emerges from the desert, desperate townspeople see him as a messiah. Random begins to spread the word of God - and to promise them water, that most precious resource. Both a complex spiritual parable and an enduring apocalyptic vision, Tourmaline is Randolph Stow's most controversial novel.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Once prosperous, the town of Tourmaline in outback Western Australia is dying. The mines are drying up and the land is riddled by drought. Those townspeople left have little to do but while away the hours with drink. Salvation of sorts arrives in the form of Michael Random, a mysterious water diviner who emerges from the desert. As the town's reluctant messiah Random begins to spread the word of Christ. Desperate for a reprieve, many of the locals are drawn to his teachings, but a stubborn few remain sceptical of their new leader.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Text Publishing Company
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1925240304
• ISBN 13: 9781925240306
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 258
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible