Fault Lines by Nancy Huston

Fault Lines by Nancy Huston

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2008 Winner of the Prix Femina 2006 Narrated by four children from different generations of the same family, Fault Lines is a tale of a present haunted by the past. Moving from California to New York, from Haifa to Toronto and Munich, its stories unwind back through the years until, reaching the Second World War, the devastating secret at the heart of the family's history is finally revealed. Domestic in focus and epic in scope, Fault Lines is a poignant and captivating piece of storytelling, revealing what can happen when past and present collide...

Savour it: you'll regret it if you don't* Sydney Morning Herald *
Glittering... Accomplished -- Joanna Briscoe * Guardian *
Masterful; the language is direct and arresting; the story is engaging to the end. It's both a very human story and a novel of ideas, and it's challenging on both levels. * Globe and Mail *
An intelligent, emotional read. * Eve *

Nancy Huston was born in Calgary, Canada, in 1953 and studied in New England and New York. When she was twenty she went to Paris and decided to make it her home. Writing in both French and English, she translates her own work and is the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, as well as plays, children's books and screenplays. Fault Lines, her eleventh novel, won France's prestigious Prix Femina in 2006.

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ISBN 13	9781843548522
ISBN 10	1843548526
Titel	Fault Lines
Autor	Nancy Huston
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Atlantic Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2008-07-01
Seitenanzahl	320
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