Knowledge Of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh

Knowledge Of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh

It is, perhaps, the fifteenth century and the ordered tranquillity of a Mediterranean island is about to be shattered by the appearance of two outsiders: one, a castaway, plucked from the sea by fishermen, whose beliefs represent a challenge to the established order;

'A compelling medieval fable, written from the heart and melded to a driving narrative which never once loses its tremendous pace' * Guardian *
'An irresistible blend of intellect and passion' * Mail on Sunday *
'This remarkable novel resembles an illuminated manuscript mapped with angels and mountains and signposts, an allegory for today and yesterday tooA beautiful, unsettling moral fiction about virtue and intolerance' * Observer *
'Remarkable...Utterly absorbing...richly detailed and finely imagined' * Sunday Telegraph *
'The lucidity of Jill Paton Walsh's style and the dexerity of the narrative are such that her book reads more like a good thriller than a weighty novel of ideas...An ingenious fable' * The Times *

Jill Paton Walsh was educated at St Michael's Convent, North Finchley, and at St Anne's College, Oxford. She is the author of several highly praised adult novels: Lapsing, A School For Lovers, Knowledge of Angels, which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize, Goldengrove Unleaving, The Serpentine Cave and A Desert in Bohemia. She has also won many awards for her children's literature, including the Whitbread Prize, the Universe Prize and the Smarties Award. She has three children and lives in Cambridge.

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ISBN 13	9780552997805
ISBN 10	0552997803
Title	Knowledge Of Angels
Author	Jill Paton Walsh
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	1998-01-02
Number of pages	288
Prizes	Short-listed for Booker Prize for Fiction 1994
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