The Standing Pool by Adam Thorpe
Two Cambridge academics, the historians Nick and Sarah Mallinson, take a sabbatical with their three small and lively girls in a remote Languedoc farmhouse. But the farmhouse contains its own histories, far darker and murkier than the Mallinsons are used to dealing with. As the illusion of Eden retreats, the couple begin to feel the vulnerability of being among strangers...
Superior novel..wincingly precise in his imagery and technically adept... An electric and darkly gleeful read * Daily Mail *
An immensely clever, tragicomic novel...a rich meditation on past and present colonial politics... What resonates for me is what I greatly admire in all Thorpe's work: the complex depth, and the texture and poetry of his storytelling language * Financial Times *
An intimate depiction of family life... Vivid and luminous * Independent on Sunday *
Because this is Adam Thorpe, there are only two things you know for certain: that the writing will be gorgeous, silky-smooth; and that the plot will be entirely original, defying categorisation...enjoy * Sunday Telegraph *
An intricate fiction which reminds us gently that war wrecks lives in ways too tangled to anticipate * Times Literary Supplement *
An immensely clever, tragicomic novel...a rich meditation on past and present colonial politics... What resonates for me is what I greatly admire in all Thorpe's work: the complex depth, and the texture and poetry of his storytelling language * Financial Times *
An intimate depiction of family life... Vivid and luminous * Independent on Sunday *
Because this is Adam Thorpe, there are only two things you know for certain: that the writing will be gorgeous, silky-smooth; and that the plot will be entirely original, defying categorisation...enjoy * Sunday Telegraph *
An intricate fiction which reminds us gently that war wrecks lives in ways too tangled to anticipate * Times Literary Supplement *
Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992, and he has published two books of stories, six poetry collections, and nine further novels, most recently Flight (2012).
www.adamthorpe.net
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099503651 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099503654 |
| Title | The Standing Pool |
| Author | Adam Thorpe |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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