Quarantine
Jim Crace's novel is the brilliantly imagined story of Christ's forty days in the wilderness, a tale of three men, two women, and a curious wanderer whose peculiar fate is transformed into legend. Dazzling, gritty, and utterly compelling, Quarantine is a work at once timeless and timely - a...
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Jim Crace's novel is the brilliantly imagined story of Christ's forty days in the wilderness, a tale of three men, two women, and a curious wanderer whose peculiar fate is transformed into legend. Dazzling, gritty, and utterly compelling, Quarantine is a work at once timeless and timely - a parable for the ages.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780374239626 (0374239622)
Publish date: March 14th 1998
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 242
Edition language: English
The words have a steady flowing rhythm - relaxing and hypnotic. Sometimes flowing with the action, sometimes a counterpoint. Really takes the reader into the story, into the world. A very satisfying read.
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