The Blind Skinner

Informationen zum Autor Alice Greenway is an American who grew up in Hong Kong. As the daughter of a foreign correspondent she also lived in Bangkok, Jerusalem and the United States. She later returned to Hong Kong and now lives in Scotland with her family. White Ghost Girls is her first novel, published in 2006. Klappentext Alice Greenway is an American who grew up in Hong Kong. As the daughter of a foreign correspondent she also lived in Bangkok! Jerusalem and the United States. She now lives in Scotland with her family. Her first novel! White Ghost Girls ! was longlisted for the 2006 Orange Prize. Vorwort From the award-winning author of White Ghost Girls comes an evocative tale of memory, loss - and the redemptive power of friendship. Zusammenfassung From the award-winning author of White Ghost Girls comes an evocative tale of memory, loss - and the redemptive power of friendship.

Report

Alice Greenway creates intensely believable characters who come from other places and other times. The Solomon Islands become characters as rich and three-dimensional as any other. She captures so well the unsleeping tragedies of the past, and how these bear in upon the present. Helen Dunmore

Product details

• Authors: Alice Greenway, Greenway Alice
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.05.2015
• EAN: 9780857897275
• ISBN: 978-0-85789-727-5
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Fiction: general and literary, War, combat and military adventure fiction