Land of Marvels

ISBN-13: 9780099534549 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 304 str.

Barry Unsworth

Opis

In 1914, as the Great War looms, a disparate cast of characters is thrown together in the desert of Mesopotamia. Various interest groups - Turkish, German, British and American - are vying for control over the land and its strategic and economic prizes.

Recenzje

"Richly peopled, fast-moving, cleverly plotted, written with economy and elegance, this novel has the satisfying density and sweep of a book twice its length" Sunday Times

O autorze

Barry Unsworth was born in 1930 in Durham. He was the author of many novels, including Pascali's Island, which was shortlisted for the 1980 Booker Prize; Stone Virgin (1985); Sacred Hunger, which was joint winner of the 1992 Booker Prize; Morality Play, which was shortlisted for the 1995 Booker Prize; Losing Nelson (1999); The Songs of the King (2002); The Ruby in Her Navel (2006); Land of Marvels (2009); and The Quality of Mercy (2011), which was shortlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. Barry Unsworth died in 2012.