The Colour of Milk: A Novel - Rilegato

Leyshon, Nell

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ISBN 10: 0062245821 ISBN 13: 9780062245823

Casa editrice: Ecco Pr, 2012

Riassunto

When her father, a man whose anger is unleashed at the slightest provocation, sends her to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife, Mary finds her new place of employment an endless source of books and learning, but discovers that such precious knowledge comes with a devastating price.

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Recensione:

“Resonant, heartbreaking. . . . The Colour of Milk is a truly wonderful read—a slender, beautiful novel with as much heart as a book twice its size.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“The unflinching, observant, and thoroughly persuasive voice of the narrator, a shrewd, illiterate farm girl, makes this slim novel striking.” (The Atlantic)

“Compelling. . . . Leyshon brings her narrator brilliantly to life. . . . Mary draws the reader in from the opening pages. Here is a headstrong, forthright, optimistic character determined to survive her wretched circumstances in a literary jewel crafted by an accomplished writer.” (Booklist)

“At once lyric and brutal. . . . Readers of historical and women’s fiction should investigate.”- (Library Journal)

“Nell Leyshon has beautifully captured a voice that haunts, long after the last word has been read. Brava!” (Kathleen Grissom, New York Times bestselling author of The Kitchen House)

“A wonderfully convincing voice and a devastating story told with great skill & economy. . . . A small tour de force” (Penelope Lively, award-winning author of Family Album and Moon Tiger)

“A wonderfully convincing voice and a devastating story told with great skill & economy. . . . A small tour de force” (Marian Keyes, bestselling author of Angels and Anybody Out There?)

L'autore:

Nell Leyshon's first novel, Black Dirt, was longlisted for the Orange Prize and shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize. She is also an award-winning dramatist whose plays include Comfort Me with Apples, winner of an Evening Standard Award, and Bedlam, which was the first play written by a woman for Shakespeare's Globe.

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• Editore: Ecco Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062245821
• ISBN 13: 9780062245823
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 171