Review
A marvellous novel about forbidden passions (Daily Mail )
An intensely gripping book...written so seductively that some passages sing out from the page, like music for the eyes (Sunday Times )
A hugely involving story which often stops you in your tracks with the beauty of its writing (Observer )
An electrifying and original talent, a writer whose style is characterized by a lyrical, dreamy intensity (Guardian ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
An intensely gripping book...written so seductively that some passages sing out from the page, like music for the eyes (Sunday Times )
A hugely involving story which often stops you in your tracks with the beauty of its writing (Observer )
An electrifying and original talent, a writer whose style is characterized by a lyrical, dreamy intensity (Guardian ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Product Description
This is a novel set just before, during and after World War I. It is the story of a brother and sister whose mother deserts them and whose father goes mad. Incarcerated in an enormous house in the country, their intense emotional relationship becomes a sexual one.
From the Back Cover
'A marvellous novel about forbidden passions' Daily Mail
'An intensely gripping book...written so seductively that some passages
sing out from the page, like music for the eyes' Sunday Times
'A hugely involving story which often stops you in your tracks with the
beauty of its writing' Observer
'An electrifying and original talent, a writer whose style is characterized
by a lyrical, dreamy intensity' Guardian
--This text refers to an alternate
Paperback
edition.
About the Author
Helen Dunmore has published nine novels with Penguin: Zennor in Darkness, which won the McKitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter, which won the Orange Prize; Talking to the Dead; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby and House of Orphans. She is also a poet, children’s novelist and short-story writer.
--This text refers to an alternate
Paperback
edition.
