Tongues of Flame

Informationen zum Autor Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. He lives in Milan. Parks is the acclaimed author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa , A Season with Verona , Teach Us to Sit Still , Italian Ways and Italian Life. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and has won many awards for both his work in English and his translations from the Italian, which include works by Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Roberto Calasso, Antonio Tabucchi and Niccolò Machiavelli. Klappentext The gift of tongues prophecy exorcism. . . what might such concepts mean in a complacent backwater of North London? For Richard Bowen adolescence becomes a nightmare when his parents join the charismatic movement and find a devil in his brother.Winner of the Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask Awards. Zusammenfassung The gift of tongues, prophecy exorcism. . . what might such concepts mean in a complacent backwater of North London? For Richard Bowen, adolescence becomes a nightmare when his parents join the charismatic movement and find a devil in his brother. Winner of the Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask Awards.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Parks
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.02.1996
• EAN: 9780749396176
• ISBN: 978-0-7493-9617-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Romance / New Adult, Narrative theme: Coming of age, c 1960 to c 1970, c 1960 to c 1969, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary