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The Corner That Held Them

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''One of the great British novels of the twentieth century: a narrative of extraordinary reach, power and beauty'' Sarah Waters The nuns who enter a medieval Norfolk convent are told to renounce the world, but the world still finds ways to trouble them, whether it is through fire, floods, pestilence, a collapsing spire, jealous rivalries, a priest with a secret or a plague of caterpillars. As we follow their daily lives over three centuries, this masterpiece of historical fiction re-creates a world run by women. ''As an act of imagined history this novel has few rivals. Also, as it happens, a work of high, frequent comedy'' George Steiner, The Times Literary Supplement ''Spellbinding . . . One starts rereading as soon as one has reached the last page'' Sunday Times ''Magnificent'' Philip Hensher, Daily Telegraph

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780241454817
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 352
  • Utgitt:
  • 28. januar 2021
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 198x129x24 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 264 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
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Leveringstid: 4-7 virkedager
Forventet levering: 13. november 2024

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''One of the great British novels of the twentieth century: a narrative of extraordinary reach, power and beauty'' Sarah Waters
The nuns who enter a medieval Norfolk convent are told to renounce the world, but the world still finds ways to trouble them, whether it is through fire, floods, pestilence, a collapsing spire, jealous rivalries, a priest with a secret or a plague of caterpillars. As we follow their daily lives over three centuries, this masterpiece of historical fiction re-creates a world run by women.
''As an act of imagined history this novel has few rivals. Also, as it happens, a work of high, frequent comedy'' George Steiner, The Times Literary Supplement
''Spellbinding . . . One starts rereading as soon as one has reached the last page'' Sunday Times
''Magnificent'' Philip Hensher, Daily Telegraph

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