The glutton: A. K. Blakemore - Brossura

Blakemore, A.K

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1803510366 ISBN 13: 9781803510361

Casa editrice: Faber and Faber, 2023

Riassunto

Sister Perpetue is not to move. She is not to fall asleep. She is to sit, keeping guard over the patient's room. She has heard the stories of his hunger, which defy belief: that he has eaten all manner of creatures and objects. A child even, if the rumours are to be believed. But it is hard to believe that this slender, frail man is the one they once called The Great Tarare, The Glutton of Lyon.

Before, he was just Tarare. Well-meaning and hopelessly curious, born into a world of brawling and sweet cider, to a bereaved mother and a life of slender means. The 18th Century is drawing to a close, unrest grips the heart of France and life in the village is soon shaken. When a sudden act of violence sees Tarare cast out and left for dead, his ferocious appetite is ignited, and it's not long before his extraordinary abilities to eat make him a marvel throughout the land.

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One man with an insatiable hunger: a novel of desire and destruction in Revolutionary France, based on a true story, from the Desmond Elliott Prize-winning author of The Manningtree Witches.

Sister Perpetue is not to move. She's not to fall asleep. She is to sit, keeping guard of the patient's room. She has heard the stories of his hunger, which defy belief: that he's eaten all manner of creatures and objects, a child even, if the rumours are to be believed. But it's hard to believe that this sle

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Faber and Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1803510366
• ISBN 13: 9781803510361
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 324
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile