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Informationen zum Autor Michel Faber has written nine books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin , he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, The Book of Strange New Things, which was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and won the 2015 Saltire Book of the Year, and most recently Undying , his first poetry collection. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK. Klappentext Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife! Bea! he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land! a place where the locals are hungry for the teachings of the Bible. THE BOOK OF STRANGE NEW THINGS is a wildly original tale of adventure! faith and the ties that might hold two people together when they are worlds apart. Michel Faber´s first novel in twelve years. Soon to be Amazon original series Oasis in 2017 Zusammenfassung Michel Faber's first novel in twelve years. Soon to be Amazon original series Oasis in 2017
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Michel Faber's second masterpiece, quite different to The Crimson Petal and The White but every bit as luminescent and memorable. It is a portrait of a living, breathing relationship, frayed by distance. It is an enquiry into the mountains faith can move and the mountains faith can't move. It is maniacally gripping DAVID MITCHELL
