The Sandglass - Softcover

Gunesekera, Romesh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385258127 ISBN 13: 9780385258128

Verlag: Doubleday Canada, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

When Prins Ducal arrives in London for his mother Pearl's funeral, he is full not only of grief but of unanswered questions about the past. Among the secrets that his mother has taken with her to the grave is the mystery of his father's much-publicized "accidental death" nearly forty years earlier. Memories bubble slowly to the surface as he tries to uncover the truth with his friend Chip who, as Pearl's ex-lodger and confidant, has assumed the role of keeper of the Ducals' secrets.

Profoundly moving and often sharply funny, The Sandglass unravels the many stories of transformation, disappearance and loss that haunt the Ducal family from the moment Pearl's husband purchases his dream house -- Arcadia -- which lies at the centre of both the Vatunas Estate and a bitter feud.

The Sandglass is an intricate novel of the love and longing that transform the world we know into one we wish to know more about; a world in which hope has to survive the darkest truths.

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Romesh Gunesekera was born in Sri Lanka and now lives in London, England. He is the author of Reef (which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize) and Monkfish Moon.

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"A master storyteller." --The New York Times Book Review

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Doubleday Canada
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0385258127
• ISBN 13: 9780385258128
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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