A Misted Mirror by Gillian Jones
Gillian Jones wrote A MISTED MIROR as a response to her late husband, Keith Jones's illness with Parkinson's Disease and to his poetry. Structured around the poetry, the novel imagines and explores the life together of a fictional couple, Sarah and David, with flashbacks to before they met, and chronicles David's later decline with Parkinson's Disease and dementia. Early readers have found it a powerful and compelling story, of a young man sowing wild oats in Africa, confronting his demons in the hothouse of a London arts community, and finding pleasure and satisfaction in a second marriage, family and career. The results of his illness come as a heart-rending contrast but mitigated by a generous late-flowering of his poetry.
Gillian Jones was born and grew up in the Home Counties of England. As a teacher of English she travelled in Europe, South America and the Middle East before returning to her roots in Kent. Nurtured in the Garden of England she combines a love of the environment and the excitement of travel with a fascination for weaving compelling stories. 'Blade of Light' is the first of a 'Water Trilogy' of which 'The FARIS Affair' is number two, with the third in the series still to come. In contrast her award-winning 'A Misted Mirror' explores the puzzles in the life and poetry of her late husband in a genre which intertwines fiction and memory, quite different from the suspenseful stories of the 'Water Trilogy'.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9789881993236 |
| ISBN 10 | 9881993237 |
| Title | A Misted Mirror |
| Author | Gillian Jones |
| Series | Winners Of The International Proverse Prize |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Proverse Hong Kong |
| Year published | 2010-11-22 |
| Number of pages | 184 |
| Prizes | Winner of Proverse Prize 2010 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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