The Ventriloquist's Tale (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
368
Utgivningsdatum
1998-04-01
Upplaga
New ed
Utmärkelser
Winner of Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 1997; Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 1997; Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 1998
Förlag
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensioner
195 x 130 x 23 mm
Vikt
300 g
ISBN
9780747535140

The Ventriloquist's Tale

Häftad,  Engelska, 1998-04-01
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The whole purpose of magic is the fulfilment and intensification of desire, claims the ventriloquist-narrator as he tells his stories of love and catastrophe. The novel is a parable of miscegenation and racial exclusiveness, of nature defying culture and of the rebellious nature of love.
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