Blue Poppies

Falla, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0385336802 / ISBN 13: 9780385336802

Editore: Delta, 2003

Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Codice articolo J08M-00948

Riassunto:

Journeying to a remote Tibetan village to help construct a radio post, Jamie Wilson, a former WWII radio operator, falls in love with Puton, a widow banished by her people, but their growing relationship is threatened by the coming of Chinese forces, in a novel set against the backdrop of the 1950s Chinese invasion of Tibet. Reprint.

Informazioni sull'autore: Jonathan Falla has written award-winning dramas for stage and film, and has also written criticism, works on ethnography, musicology, travel, and medical journalism, with articles appearing in The Economist and The Times Literary Supplement. As a nurse, Falla has worked with aid agencies, including Save the Children, in countries in crisis all over the world--Nepal, Sudan, Burma, Uganda. He is also a musician and plays the lute in a professional quartet dedicated to Renaissance Spanish, French, Italian, and Shakespearian music.

Jonathan Falla makes his home in Fife, Scotland with his wife and their new baby.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Blue Poppies
Casa editrice: Delta
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Very Good