A Far Country by Daniel Mason

A Far Country by Daniel Mason

'Mason is a superb storyteller' – The Times

Discover this richly evocative story of heroism and the bonds of family from the bestselling author of North Woods, Daniel Mason.

When they spoke of it in town, they called it simply the city, as if it was the only city in the world . . .

Raised in a remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation, Isabel was born with the gift and curse of ‘seeing farther’. When drought and war grip their land, her beloved brother Isaias joins a great exodus to a teeming, labyrinthine city in the south.

Soon the fourteen-year-old Isabel follows, forsaking the only home she’s ever known, her sole consolation the thought of being with her brother again. But when she arrives, she discovers that Isaias has disappeared. Weeks and then months pass, until one day, armed only with her unshakeable hope, Isabel descends into the chaos of the city to find him . . .

'One of the finest prose stylists in American fiction' – The New York Times

Daniel Mason is a physician and author of the novels The Piano Tuner and North Woods. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and adapted for opera and theatre. A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, he is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, where he teaches courses in the humanities and medicine. He lives in the Bay Area with his family.

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ISBN 13	9780330492706
ISBN 10	0330492705
Title	A Far Country
Author	Daniel Mason
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2008-02-01
Number of pages	288
Prizes	Short-listed for James Tait Black Memorial Book Prize: Fiction 2008
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